physicians by Blythe Coss

Greek Aesculapius Dioscorides Rufus Hippocrates Galen Greek god for medicine Traveled around and researched medical uses for every herb Rufus wrote On the Names of the Parts of the Human Body; follower of Hippocrates “Father of Modern Medicine”; humors; contradicted everyone’s thinking that sickness was punishment from the gods Physician and philosopher; personal physicians to emperors

Arabic Haly Rhazes Serapion Averroes Avicenna description of the capillary circulation; his Royal Book was translated by Constantine and used as a textbook for surgery wrote botanical, zoological, physics, and mathematic works Founded the Empiric school of medicine Known more as a Muslim philosopher who popularized Aristotle Recognized the potential of airborne transmission of disease

Early Medieval Damascenus Constantinus “Saint John of Damascus” Monk and priest Thought the zodiac signs corresponded to the body

European Bernard Gilbert Gaddesden Bernard of Gordon;  French doctor and professor of medicine at the University of Montpellier Sought to unite the old teachings with new teachings; drew attention to small pox and how it was contagious Treated Edward I son for smallpox