Doctors and Diagnosis of illness Flashcards
Two features of doctors diagnosis in the Medieval period
Physicians used zodiac and urine charts
lack of technology
Two similarities of diagnosis between the Medieval and Renaissance periods
lack of technology
physicians still used zodiac and urine charts
Two features of the work of Thomas Sydenham
Suggested doctors should observe their patients rather than assume illness was caused by imbalance in the four humours
Not much impact as most people couldn’t afford doctors
Two ways doctors training developed in the 19th century
They had to join the General Medical Council
Had to pass exams
Why was doctors understanding of illness better by the end of the 1800s
Germ theory had been discovered and was used to diagnose illness
Five examples of technology used to diagnose illness in the modern period
Scans
Nuclear medicine used in scans
Endoscopes
Biopsies
laboratories - urine and stool samples
Describe three methods of modern diagnosis
Endoscopes- tiny cameras to look inside the body
Scans - eg. MRI to detect illness inside the body
Biopsies - sample of tissues taken to labs to detect illness such as cancer
Why is diagnosis available to all today
Free diagnosis for all on the NHS
Two ways scientific thinking enables modern diagnosis
Knowledge of what makes us ill such as germ theory gives a wider understanding
Scientific thinking has helped to develop new technology for diagnosis
What is the other name for a doctor
physician
