Ancient Greece Flashcards
1
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Factors affecting medicine + Background info
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Trade- Mediterranean Countries Slaves- Time for education War Wounds- Treatment + Anatomy Wealth- Employed doctors Better Instruments
2
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Supernatural Beliefs & Treatments (Aesculapius, Hygea, Panacea)
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Temples= Asclepions Visitors: Bathed, Relaxed, Prayed Slept--> Abatons Asleep= Cured Priests- 'Ward Rounds'
3
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Theory of 4 humors
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Aristotle suggested body= 4 humors
Black Bile, Phlegm, Yellow Bile, Blood= Linked 4 seasons,elements= Balance= healthy
Treatments developed from theory
Balanced= Vomiting, Blood-letting and purging
4
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Hippocrates
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Believed in natural causes + treatments Hippocratic Oath Hippocratic Corpus Clinical Method of Observation Diagnosis- Prognosis- Observation- Treatment
5
Q
Health + Hygiene
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Exercise- Healthy
Hygiene- Important
Diet- Changed with seasons
6
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Developments in Medical Knowledge + Alexandria Surgery
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Library Of Alexandria= Center of med know
Dissection allowed
Famous Meds+ Surgeons (herophilus and erasistratus)
Surgery:
Last resort (Mainly outside)
Developed Instruments
Setting Bones
