Antiquity. Opening of Galena

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Though in works of Galena the naive and erroneous information, and also incorrect sights in view of weak knowledge in the field of anatomy and physiology contains a lot of, its school already then was on a way to really scientific theory and methods of researches of later times. The authority of Galena remained long time. ' So told Galen ', - words of the teacher were quoted and to them trusted, as to unshakable true.

Galen was the sharp observer and has enriched medical and biological sciences with many opening.

The Greek-Roman medicine begins genius-opener Gippokratom and comes to an end with genius-informant Galenom. Both of them are the greatest doctors of an antiquity.

From everything that Galen saw, has thought over and has described, would remain nothing, if its books have not been kept, translated and transferred the subsequent generations by Arabs. When the medicine in Europe has fallen into decay, Arabs have led to its new blossoming.

The classical antiquity Decline has begun long before falling of Roman empire though it is considered to be it the beginning of a following historical period.

Achievements of an antique science have been lost or forbidden. Within dark centuries of the Middle Ages the scientific thought has been clamped in Europe in a vice of religious dogmas. In search of true it was necessary to overcome fruitless scholasticism of seminary students and numerous interdictions of orthodox followers of Aristotle. Thirst for knowledge could cause suspicions and charge in chernoknizhii and sorcery. Any deviation from the ordered and resolved sights was pursued. On fires books, manuscripts and people flared. But even these years it was impossible to stop completely human thought - there were new theories of the device of a universe and the works explaining a structure of the Universe.