Galenist
(ˈgeɪlənɪst)
Also 7 gallenist.
[f. Galen + -ist.]
One of those who followed the medical principles and practice of Galen.
| 1594 Nashe Terrors Nt. Wks. (Grosart) III. 249 This needie Gallaunt..rayleth on our Galenists, and calls them dull gardners and hay-makers in a mans belly. 1606 Dekker Sev. Sinnes vii. (Arb.) 46 What Gallenist or Paracelsian in the world, by all his water-casting, and minerall extractions, would iudge [etc.]. 1692 Tryon Good House-w. xvi. 131, I had rather fall into the hands of an unskilful Gallenist, than of a rash and ignorant Chymist. 1727–51 Chambers Cycl. s.v., The Galenists stand opposed to the chemists. 1869 O. W. Holmes Med. Ess. vi. (1883) 319 These Galenists were what we should call ‘herb-doctors’ to-day. 1891 C. Creighton Hist. Epid. Brit. 536 Sir Theodore Mayerne, the King's physician, who had been driven from Paris by the intolerance of the Galenists. |
Hence † Galeˈnistical a. = Galenic a.1
| 1612 Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 236 They excel all Galenistical compositions for the eradicating inveterate maladies. |