Galenian (galenian)

[ glo ator. It consists of the indirect moods added to the first figure by Theophrastus with their premises transposed that is to say, the premise regarded by Theophrastus as the major is taken by Galen for the minor, and vice vers a. galenic (gā-len'ik), a. [ methods of experiment and vivisection. The Galenic (as opposed to chemical) remedies consist of preparations of herbs and roots by infusion, decoction, etc. Also Galeni cal, Galenian. I have given some idea of the chief remedies used by some of our earlier physicians, which were both Galenic and chemical: that is, vegetable and mineral. O. W. Holmes, Med. E ays, p. 339. IMG:content-2023.jpg:[blocks in formation] lenic2) +-ism.] The medical system or princi Same as galena , 2. Galenitet (ga'len-it), n. [ Galen + -ite2.] Same as Galenist1 . Not much vnlike a skilfull Galenite , Who (when the Crisis comes) dares even foretell Whether the Patient shal do ill or well. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Trophies.