Who was responsible for holding up medical progress for centuries due to many flaw theories?

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Hippocrates
Hippocrates

There was no hold up in medical progress
There was no hold up in medical progress

Aristotle
Aristotle

Galen

Answer 1

The individual often credited with holding up medical progress for centuries due to flawed theories is Galen. Galen was a Roman physician whose teachings dominated medical science for many centuries. His ideas about anatomy and physiology were largely based on animal dissections and included numerous inaccuracies that, for a long time, hindered the development of more accurate medical knowledge. While Hippocrates and Aristotle also contributed to early medical thought, it was Galen's influence, particularly during the Middle Ages, that significantly impacted medical understanding and delayed progress until the Renaissance when his ideas were finally challenged and corrected.