Aristotle was born in 384 B.C. in Stageira in Macedonia He focused on empiricism and observation of phenomena within their natural habitats, primarily within the animal kingdom. represented massive progress in knowledge of animals and plant life, recording his discoveries in many books
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Aristotle three souls that could lie within any organism:
vegetative soul over growth
procreation sensitive soul over sensation movement rational soul over thought He held that plant life contained the first soul, animals the first and only humans all three
and and
only two,
The fruit of Aristotles teaching
and example was seen later on in the schools of Alexandria.
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Galen was born around 130 AD the greatest physician of ancient Rome contributed much to the medical field through anatomy and herbology Though human dissection was still not allowed at this period, he was able to learn about human anatomy due to his position as a physician at a gladiator school, which frequently presented him with patients who had open wounds.
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Galen Through these wounds he was able to observe muscle, bone, and other components of the human body, documenting his discoveries and forwarding the field of Greek medicine thoughts and senses were processed in the brain and that each hemisphere affected the opposite side of the body discovered the importance of the spine and that injuries to it could result in paralysis below the point of trauma
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Galen He was renowned for diagnosing conditions, as well as treating the identified ailments appropriately. His experiments with minerals and plant materials provided him with plenty of knowledge in using these resources for patient treatment. he was one of the first physicians to write out precise prescriptions for various ailments based on his diagnoses, paving the way for common methods used in modern Western medicine