BULLETIN OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE ORGAN OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND OF THE JOHNS HOPKINS INSTITUTE OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE VOLUME XXXIII JULY-AUGUST, 1959 NUMBER 4 ERASISTRATUS, GALEN, AND THE PNEUMA LEONARD G. WILSON Recently it has become clear that the descriptions of the physiology of Galen … Plato depicted life as involving multiple levels of pneuma by which he meant a person's soul or spirits. Érasistrate - Erasistratus. He set out to synthesize and build on established models of physiology and disease. He was only after two things: dedication to relieving the suffering of humanity and the pursuit of medical excellence. ... Galen goes to great lengths to refute the principles of Erasistratus and his followers. Érasistrate de Céos. In Galen’s scheme, the heart and arteries stood in parallel with the liver and veins, and the brain and nerves to form a tripartite system of governance. Erasistratus; Galen; Plato; Rufus of Ephesus; Stoics; Alcmaeon (circa 500 bc) was the first to suggest that pneuma circulated within the arteries. Galen: Father of Vivisection. Galen took as his starting point the work of the Hippocratic investigators as well as that of Herophilus and Erasistratus. Érasistrate découvre la cause de la maladie d'Antiochus. Galen provided an open-ended theory of the vascular system that expanded upon Erasistratus’ scheme—providing an innovative way the blood flowing in both arteries and veins ( Fig. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. It was Erasistratus who―on the basis of his research on animals―asserted that spleen and bile were of no use to animals.

Next came Aelius Galenus (also known as Galen of Pergamon), a Roman physician, surgeon, and philosopher of Greek ethnic origin. Later, pneuma theory was elaborated upon by Plato (428-347 bc). 1.4b).

Galen considered the profit motive and the love of money to be the worst reasons for becoming a physician. Erasistratus (Greek: Ἐρασίστρατος; 304 BC – 250 BC) was a Greek anatomist and royal physician under Seleucus I Nicator of Syria. Galen (130—200 C.E.)

Being independently wealthy, money mattered little to him. Contemporary figures are also discussed such as Aclepiades, and the Methodists Themison and Thessalus. All levels arose from the vital organs.