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    The document discusses the supernatural tradition of the moon and stars' influence on psychological functioning according to Paracelsus from the 15th-16th centuries. It also covers the views of Hippocrates and Galen, with Hippocrates from the 5th century BC seen as the father of modern Western medicine who believed psychological disorders were treatable due to brain pathology, head trauma, or heredity. Galen, a Roman physician from the 2nd century AD, developed Hippocrates' ideas and the Hippocratic-Galenic approach based on the humoral theory of the body.

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    The document discusses the supernatural tradition of the moon and stars' influence on psychological functioning according to Paracelsus from the 15th-16th centuries. It also covers the views of Hippocrates and Galen, with Hippocrates from the 5th century BC seen as the father of modern Western medicine who believed psychological disorders were treatable due to brain pathology, head trauma, or heredity. Galen, a Roman physician from the 2nd century AD, developed Hippocrates' ideas and the Hippocratic-Galenic approach based on the humoral theory of the body.

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    The document discusses the supernatural tradition of the moon and stars' influence on psychological functioning according to Paracelsus from the 15th-16th centuries. It also covers the views of Hippocrates and Galen, with Hippocrates from the 5th century BC seen as the father of modern Western medicine who believed psychological disorders were treatable due to brain pathology, head trauma, or heredity. Galen, a Roman physician from the 2nd century AD, developed Hippocrates' ideas and the Hippocratic-Galenic approach based on the humoral theory of the body.

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    Supernatural Tradition

    Moon and Stars

     Paracelsus (1493 - 1541)


    o Rejected the notion of possessions
    o The effect of moon and stars to
    psychological functioning
    o Gravitational effects of the moon on
    bodily fluids
    o Lunatic, astrology

    Hippocrates and Galen

     Hippocrates (460 – 377 B.C.)


    o Greek physician
    o Father of modern Western medicine
    o Hippocratic Corpus
    o Psychological disorders
     Treatable
     Brain pathology or
    head trauma;
    heredity
     Galen (129 – 198 A.D.)
    o Roman physician
    o Developed the ideas of Hippocrates
    o Hippocratic-Galenic Approach
    (Humoral Theory)

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