medicine through time

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  • Created on: 18-04-23 19:25
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  • Medicine stands still (Medieval)
    • key individuals
      • Galen
        • Roman doctor
          • AD129
        • Influenced by Hippocrates
        • Theory of opposites
          • Influenced by Hippocrates
          • opposite actions to balance humours
            • eg. if you had a cold, eat spicy and hot foods
        • Studied anatomy
          • dissected pigs + monkeys
            • church didnt allow human dissection
          • discovered brain controlled the body as opposed to the heart
          • mistakes
            • said jaw bone is two seperate bones (its actually one)
            • blood passed through tiny holes in septum
              • later proved to be veins and arteries by Harvey
      • Hippocrates
        • Greek doctor
          • 460BC
        • 'Father of modern medicine'
          • Hippocratic oath
            • Doctors promise that they will try not to harm patient
            • Still used today
            • oath of confidentiality
          • clinical observation of patient (not just of illness)
        • created idea of four humours
          • body made up of blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile
        • encouraged doctors to seek natural causes and remedies
      • physicians
        • medieval doctors
    • Beliefs of causes of disease
      • natural
        • four humours
          • when imbalanced it would cause illness
            • body made up of blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile
          • linked to seasons
        • misama
      • supernatural
        • God
          • illness = punishment of sin
        • planets not aligned

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