A brief history in medicine

Question 1

Medicine 100000 years ago

Answer 1

a few remedies and spirtualism - shamanism is the belief that an individual is cured by mystic powers

Question 2

Imhotep

Answer 2

2600bc

no mystic powers / less used involved cures and anatomical observations

Question 3

Greek

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hippoctrates laid down rational based medicine , father of medicine he dismissed that ailments can be cured by mystic powers

Question 4

hippocrates

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his laws were wrong, he believed that human had four humours which when one humour was lacking it caused disabilities
this theory was dominated in western medicine for 1300 years

Question 5

what did hippo discover?

Answer 5

he made descriptions of the diagnoses / symptons for lung cancer and disease this is why clubbed fingers is called Hippocratic fingers

Question 6

H oath

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free care
beneficence
non-maleficence
confidentiality

Question 7

Roman empire was

Answer 7

the first known civilisation that introduced true public healthcare system, had a rubbish disposal system and had bath houses to maintain hygiene

Question 8

Galen of Pergamon

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perform cataract surgery and brain surgery.
Illegal to do human dissections so he did animal dissections this is how we found out that the larnxy is involved in our speech and making sound
could explain the difference between motor and sensory neurones

Question 9

Middle ages

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Arabic doctors questions the ideology of humourism in medicine in the middle ages.
Rhazes was the first doctor to tell apart small poxes and chicken poxs and r=wrote 200 books about medicine
discovery of chemicals such as alcohols
introduces hospitals and care homes for disables old and mentally ill individuals

Question 10

monastic hospitals

Answer 10

spirtuall and physical treatment

shifted to evidence-based medicine

Question 11

evidence based medicine

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publishes original evidence based research, insights and opinions on what matters for health care.

Question 12

16th- 17th century

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more medical university and required qualifications for physicians
there was a hierarchy of physicians to surgeon barbers ‘and midwives etc.

Question 13

what did the groups contribute to medicine in the 16th century

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a range of contribution. barbers not so much blood letting did more harm than good to the patient and barbers were traditionally less educated than the typical physician

Question 14

Da vinky?

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da vinky approach to science was based on detailed observation he did many autopsies and produced many anotmy sketches and drawings

Question 15

fracastoro

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discovered that diseases can be transmitted from an object indirectly and directly to an individual and proposed new treatment in sipplus

Question 16

vesalius

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flemish writer wrote the first anatomy book. Harvey explained the circulation of blood through the body in veins and arteries

Question 17

16th-17th century discoveries

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illnesses were caused by agents (bacteria) that caused imbalances
the revival of the greek method of tying up blood vessels after an amputation
artificial limbs
discovery of circulation
discovery of Red blood cells
diagnoses of diabetes
scurvy treatment

Question 18

18th century

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vaccination by Jenner for small poxes via cow poxes

advances in diagnoses with a thermometer

there was a gap between new discoveries and traditional practices people preferred the old practices e.g bleeding

separation of vet med and dentistry

Question 19

19th century

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cell theory
germ theory
chloroform in aneathesia
antiseptics - poor hygiene lead to the increase of deaths in child birth

Question 20

20th century

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vaccine for tetanus
contraceptive pill
antidepressants and mental health medicine
antiviral drugs
huge boost in pharmacology
rise in technology
rise in genetics - DNA structure, genome project