“The Articella” as a Basis for University Teaching

The Eastern Roman Empire preserved a good number of medical texts from Greek and Roman times, where they had been rewritten in Arabic in order to make them more widely available throughout the Islamic Empire.

Belief in the Four Humors Continues

The four humors and the importance of keeping them in balance
in order to maintain good health was the most influential of the
theories that were passed down from the Greeks and Romans; it
was actually a dominant factor in medicine until the 19th century.
A physician or healer was to assess the basic composition of each
sick person and then establish a method to rebalance the patient’s
humors for better health. The factors that could affect humoral
balance ranged from diet and the environment to the position of
the stars.