Rejection of traditional medicine, acceptance of simplistic medical notions, and acceptance of imaginary observations indicate a loss of confidence in the future of society and a pessimistic outlook of man's ability to overcome external difficulties through reason. In a way, it was a leap back, a return to magic and the supernatural. The value of science has been called into question. The end of ancient medicine actually coincides with the end of Rome. Luke all the great stories that end in ruin and defeat, the story of the fall of Roman civilization is sad, perhaps because it reminds of the inevitable end of all things (Prioreschi). ReferencesClaudii Galeni Pergameni. Galen on anatomical procedures. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1956. “Medicine in Ancient Rome.” Medicine in ancient Rome. 2014. Accessed November 12, 2014. Nordqvistv, Christian. “What is ancient Roman medicine?” Medical News Today. August 9, 2012. Accessed November 12, 2014. Prioreschi, Plinio. A history of medicine. Omaha: Horatius Press, 1998. Siraisi, Nancy G. Girolamo Cardano and the Art of the Medical Story. Journal of the History of Ideas, 1991. pp.