GALEN LATEST EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PDF 2026.

GALEN LATEST EXAM PREP QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS PDF 2026

▶ According to Galen, what does balance of the humours represent?.
Answer: Health.

▶ How did Galen interpret blood from wounds?. Answer: He believed
wound blood was mixed with bile and phlegm, not pure internal blood.

▶ How did Galen describe yellow bile?. Answer: A range of fluids with
varying colour.

▶ What did Galen think black bile was?. Answer: A type of dark fluid
(possibly black stool or blood in urine).

▶ What did Galen believe black bile actually resulted from?. Answer:
Overheated yellow bile.

▶ Do foods contain humours according to Galen?. Answer: No — foods
don't contain humours, but they have the potential to produce them inside
the body.

▶ Example of a food that produces humour without containing it?. Answer:
Honey — it produces yellow bile through internal change but does not
contain bile itself.

▶ Under what conditions is blood produced?. Answer: Blood is produced
when food is processed under moderate heat.

▶ What humour is produced if food is processed with too much heat?.
Answer: Yellow bile.

▶ What humour is produced if food is processed in cold conditions?.
Answer: Phlegm.