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arger brain and thinking capacity 9 however there is no actual observable difference in the number of skull sutures in men or women he likewise claims that men have more teeth than women which correlates with a longer lifespan in men despite the fact that both men and women have the same number of teeth 9 herophilus erasistratus and ancient greek anatomy edit despite their known respect for ancient egyptian medicine attempts to discern any particular influence on greek practice at this early time have not been dramatically successful because of the lack of sources and the challenge of understanding ancient medical terminology it is clear however that the greeks imported egyptian substances into their pharmacopoeia and the influence became more pronounced after the establishment of a school of greek medicine in alexandria 22 nomenclature methods and applications for the study of anatomy all date back to the greeks 23 the first medical teacher at alexandria was herophilus of chalcedon the father of anatomy 24 who differed from aristotle placing intelligence in the brain and connected the nervous system to motion and sensation herophilus also distinguished between veins and arteries noting that the latter had a pulse while the former do not he did this using an experiment involving cutting certain veins and arteries in a pig s neck until the squealing stopped 25 in the same vein he developed a diagnostic technique which relied upon distinguishing different types of pulse 26 he and his contemporary erasistratus of chios researched the role of veins and nerves mapping their courses across the body erasistratus connected the increased complexity of the surface of the human brain compared to other animals to its superior intelligence he sometimes employed experiments to further his research at one time repeatedly weighing a caged bird and noting its weight loss between feeding times following his teacher s researches into pneumatics he claimed that the human system of blood vessels was controlled by vacuums drawing blood across the body in erasistratus physiology air enters the body is then drawn by the lungs into the heart where it is transformed into vital spirit and is then pumped by the arteries throughout the body some of this vital spirit reaches the brain where it is transformed into animal spirit which is then distributed by the nerves 27 herophilus and erasistratus performed their experiments upon criminals given to them by their ptolemaic kings they dissected these criminals alive and while they were still breathing they observed parts which nature had formerly concealed and examined their position colour shape size arrangement hardness softness smoothness connection 28 in the roman empire edit see also medicine in ancient rome through long contact with greek culture and their eventual conquest of greece the romans adopted a favorable view of hippocratic medicine 29 this acceptance led to the spread of greek medical theories throughout the roman empire and thus a large portion of the west the most influential roman scholar to continue and expand on the hippocratic tradition was galen d c 207 not all roman perspectives were favorable toward greek medicine the roman author and natural philosopher pliny the elder was a vocal critic suggesting that greek doctors were unskilled and motivated by profit rather than healing in his natural history pliny expressed concerns about greek practitioners accusing them of exploiting patients rather than genuinely caring for their health nevertheless historian of medicine vivian nutton cautions against taking pliny s criticism at face value noting that it underestimates the substantial contributions of greek physicians archaeological findings including greek inscriptions on doctors tombstones suggest that at least 10 of known medical inscriptions in the roman empire were greek indicating the prominence and impact of greek practitioners within roman society 30 dioscorides edit main article pedanius dioscorides the first century ad greek physician pharmacologist botanist and roman army surgeon pedanius dioscorides authored an encyclopedia of medicinal substances commonly known as de materia medica this work did not delve into medical theory or explanation of pathogenesis but described the uses and actions of some 600 plants and drugs based on empirical observation unlike other works of classical antiquity dioscorides manuscript was never out of publication it formed the basis for the western pharmacopeia through the 19th century a true testament to the efficacy of the medicines described moreover the influence of work on european herbal medicine eclipsed that of the hippocratic corpus 31 galen edit main article galen aelius galenus was a prominent greek physician surgeon and philosopher in the roman empire 32 33 34 arguably the most accomplished of all medical researchers of antiquity galen influenced the development of various scientific disciplines including anatomy 35 physiology pathology 36 pharmacology 37 and neurology as well as philosophy 38 and logic galen also spent over 50 years in rome where he served as a physician to roman emperors galen s extensive body of work originally written in greek provided a foundation for the preservation of medical knowledge that would later be translated into latin these translations facilitated the enduring legacy of greek medical ideas in roman and ultimately in western medical traditions 30 the son of aelius nicon a wealthy architect with scholarly interests galen received a comprehensive education that prepared him for a successful career as a physician and philosopher born in pergamon present day bergama turkey galen traveled extensively exposing himself to a wide variety of medical theories and discoveries before settling in rome where he served prominent members of roman society and eventually was given the position of personal physician to several emperors galen s understanding of anatomy and medicine was principally influenced by the then current theory of humorism as advanced by ancient greek physicians such as hippocrates his theories dominated and influenced western medical science for more than 1 300 years his anatomical reports based mainly on dissection of monkeys especially the barbary macaque and pigs remained uncontested until 1543 when printed descriptions and illustrations of human dissections were published in the seminal work de humani corporis fabrica by andreas vesalius 39 40 where galen s physiological theory was accommodated to these new observations 41 galen s theory of the physiology of the circulatory system endured until 1628 when william harvey published his treatise entitled de motu cordis in which he established that blood circulates with the heart acting as a pump 42 43 medical students continued to study galen s writings until well into the 19th century galen conducted many nerve ligation experiments that supported the theory which is still accepted today that the brain controls all the motions of the muscles by means of the cranial and peripheral nervous systems 44 galen saw himself as both a physician and a philosopher as he wrote in his treatise entitled that the best physician is also a philosopher 45 46 47 galen was very interested in the debate between the rationalist and empiricist medical sects 48 and his use of direct observation dissection and vivisection represents a complex middle ground between the extremes of those two viewpoints 49 50 51 historical legacy edit see also byzantine medicine medicine in the medieval islamic world and medieval medicine of western europe study of hippocratic and galenic texts all but disappeared in the latin west in the early middle ages following the collapse of the western empire although the hippocratic galenic tradition of greek medicine continued to be studied and practiced in the eastern roman empire byzantium after ad 750 arab persian and andalusi scholars translated galen s and dioscorides works in particular citation needed thereafter the hippocratic galenic medical tradition was assimilated and eventually expanded with the most influential muslim doctor scholar being avicenna beginning in the late eleventh century the hippocratic galenic tradition returned to the latin west with a series of translations of the classical texts mainly from arabic translations but occasionally from the original greek in the renaissance more translations of galen and hippocrates directly from the greek were made from newly available byzantine manuscripts galen s influence was so great that even after western europeans started making dissections in the thirteenth century scholars often assimilated findings into the galenic model that otherwise might have thrown galen s accuracy into doubt over time however classical medical theory came to be superseded by increasing emphasis on scientific experimental methods in the 16th and 17th centuries nevertheless the hippocratic galenic 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hippocrates on virgins viii 466 70 littré g 1 2 3 aretaeus on the causes and symptoms of acute diseases 2 excerpts tr f adams g hippocrates places in human anatomy 47 v 344 6 littré g early american manual therapy version 5 0 chapter 1 history and development of mechanical vibration therapy archived 2005 03 09 at the wayback machine accessed october 6 2008 in the 5th century herodicus advocated exercise the treatment of disease and compelled his patients to have their bodies rubbed he being a firm believer in the efficacy of massage joseph schreiber m d author of treatment of massage and exercise translated by walter mendelson m d of new york claims that herodicus first laid down principles for rational mechanical methods of treatment herodicus 484 b c was one of the first to refer to the manner of giving massage he said friction should be gentle and slow at first then rapid in combination with pressure which was to be followed by gentle friction other advocates were plato socrates and 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