? starter activity

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? starter activity
Galen conducts his famous operation on a pig in
which he demonstrates the brain not the heart
controlled speech. How do we know this picture
was drawn much later than Roman times?
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Why was Galen so important?
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? LOs

• TBAT compare the achievements of Galen
  Hippocrates
• To hold a debate on who was the greater doctor

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? Your task

• Read through the information about Galens life
  on p.38-9 and create a table in your notes. On
  one side record all the similarities with
  Hippocrates and on the other all the
  dissimilarities
• ?If you were going to design a monument to Galen
  what would be the key aspects of his life youd
  include.

Galen, b AD 129 - 210
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Similarities

• Born in Greece (H on Island of Cos, G in
  Pergamum)
• Studied medicine
• Wrote 60 books
• Four Humours
• Observations notes on plague in AD167 led to
  its identification as Galens Plague
• Recommended good diet exercise

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Differences

• Surgeon at gladiators school
• Showman performed dissections to demonstrate
  knowledge of anatomy, brain not heart controlled
  speech!
• Surgeon to Emperor Marcus Aurelius
• Recommended bleeding more frequently
• Theory of the opposites, e.g. treat a cold with
  hot ingredients like peppers!
• Ideas adopted by Christian Church

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Galen was a greater doctor than
Hippocrates Debate
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? Plenary

• Similarities with Hippocrates?
• Differences?
• Do you think he deserved to be more famous than
  Hippocrates? Write a judgement paragraph summing
  up your ideas. Support your ideas with evidence
  from your notes!

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? Homework

• Imagine you are Galen and you have seen a job
  advert for the Emperors surgeon. Write a letter
  of application. Include the following
• A general introduction explaining why you were
  attracted to the job
• References to the traditional skills you have
• References to the new skills you have
• A final paragraph explaining why you are the best
  man for the job!
• ?You may also wish to include your CV!

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You might not get the job A promising candidate The jobs yours!
Provides some examples of your traditional and your new skills.There may be more of one type than another. Limited factual detail or technical vocabulary Little attempt to prove you are the best person for the job Includes an introduction and a final paragraph. A good range of traditional and modern skills, although you may have missed some. You feel this person may want the job but could make a stronger case Introduces themselves strongly and sums up their skills well. Discusses a full range of traditional and modern skills. Excellent detail technical vocab. They are clearly worth offering the job to.