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Classical Roman Medicine Flashcards

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Imhotep

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ancestor of modern physicians - polymath

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Georg Ebers papyrus

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scroll - most important and oldest surviving medical text - covered many diseases and many drugs

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Greeks/Mycenaeans

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traded with Egypt - influenced by them?

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Asclepius

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son of Apollo - blameless physician in Iliad - medical symbol

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Greek Diseases

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epilepsy, amenorrhea, puerperal fever, dysentery, malaria, tuberculosis, varicella, diphtheria

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Athenian plague

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killed thousands
came from Egypt?
cost Athens war with Sparta

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iatroi

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part time healers

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Asclepiads

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claimed ancestry to Asclepius (Hippocrates was one)

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Asclepions

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temples of healing similar to hospitals run by priests

abatons for pilgrims (place for rest)

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Epidouros

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most celebrated asclepion in antiquity

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Cos

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birthplace of Hippocrates

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Hippocrates

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“Father of Medicine” in Western tradition
mentioned by Plato & Aristotle
believed in professionalism, discipline, rigorous practice, careful observation & records
first to describe many diseases and medical conditions
practitioners were to be clean, calm, serious, and honest

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Corpus Hippocraticum

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established medicine as an art, science, and profession
many contributors
emphasize pt not illness - foundation of Western medicine
rejects idea that Gods cause disease
facts over dogma - body function, health, and disease rationally explained
observation over theory
expectative therapy (not active intervention)
based on external anatomy
body functions compared to external world

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primum non nocere

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Hippocrates primary tenet
first do no harm
passed down orally

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Hippocratic System

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Health is equilibrium
Empedoclean elements (fire, earth, air, water) 
4 humors 
patient oriented 
regimen not drugs 
emphasis on prognosis 
expectative therapy (healing power of nature) 
no heroic interventions (surgery)
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Humors

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yellow bile - summer dysentery and vomiting
phlegm - winter colds and epilepsy
blood - associated with life/spring - venisection
black bile - autumn and dying of nature - depressed

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regimen

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not using drugs

proper diet, sleep, exercise

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prognosis

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what’s going to happen to this person

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expectative therapy

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healing power of nature

nothing we can do for you

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Alexandria

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world center for education

most respected medical center

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Herophilus

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Greek founder of Alexandrian medical school
quoted by Galen
dissected human cadavers - internal organs, duodenum, prostate, brain, nerves
believed nerves caused motion
arteries contained blood
studied pulse

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Erasistratus

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helped found Alexandrian medical school
called the body a machine
described valves of heart
differentiated sensory and motor nerves linking to the brain
believed brain was the seat of intelligence
heart functioned as pump
denied teleology

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medici

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latin for physicians who were uneducated and served wealthy, poor, soldier

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valentudinaria

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form of hospital by army and wealthy estates

patients might stay here

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Galen

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famous and fashionable
central figure in traditional western medicine
huge volume of writings
very opinionated
got much wrong - based on animal anatomy - supported Hippocratic model
transformed medicine with science - observation & recordings
Galenism - ultimate authority
trust from pt - bedside manner, explanations, prognosis
says he perfected Hippocrates
rete mirable in the human brain
thyroid cartilage based on pigs
liver having 5 lobes
pores in cardiac septum
venous and arterial systems separate
arteries had a pulse
pneyma - mix of air and blood
regimen - some surgery
advocate of venisection
mind body link
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rete mirable

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structure in human brain that doesn’t exist

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pneuma

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mix of air and blood to make a vital spirit

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