Galénos, az orvos-filozófus a testnedvekről és a fekete epéről
Galen, the Physician, and Philosopher on the Humors, and on Black Bile

Summary/Abstract: This paper is about Galen (129–216AD), father of European medicine, who defined the teaching of physicians until the nineteenth century by his twenty volumes of works on anatomy, physiology, pathology based on the humors, surgery, nutrition, and pharmacy. He commented on lots of works from the Hippocratical Writings and summed up the best results of contemporary medical schools. He defended his own research and points of view in the same sharp and well-argued way as every researcher in his era, but with a scientific method, based on logic. The article refers to his works, where data can be found about his personal life. It briefly details his works On my Books and On the Medical Schools, then highlights his historical background in Pergamon, Alexandria, and Rome. Finally, it analyses the two translations related to the study, which appear for the first time in Hungarian, namely: On the Humors and On Black Bile.

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