9/1/22 History of Medicine Flashcards
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Egyptian Imhotep
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-God of medicine and healing
-Describes diagnosis and treatment for 200 diseases
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Alcmaeon of Croton
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- Italian
-Distinguished veins and arteries
-Stated Balance = Health, Unbalance= Disease
3
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Hippocrates
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- Greek father of medicine
- Began scientific study of medicine
- Hippocratic Oath “Do no harm”
4
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Diocles
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- Greek physician
- Wrote first anatomy book
5
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Herophilus
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- Public dissections
-Father of anatomy
-Studied nervous system - Heart = origin of human
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Pedanius Dioscorides
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- Greek physician
- Wrote “De Materia Media” –> Pharmacological Guidebook
- Traveled with Roman army
7
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Galen
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- Greek physician to gladiators
- Most accomplished medical researcher
8
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Rhazes
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-Persian physician
- Identified small pox and other disease
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Avicenna
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- Persian Physician
- Wrote legendary books: “The book of healing”, “The canon of medicine”
