Exam 2 Flashcards
Priest as physician was practiced by
Ancient Egyptians
the four humors
air: blood
fire: yellow bile
earth: black bile
water: phlegm
Corpus Hippocraticum
- drugs were to be used only if diet failed
- emphasized the naturalistic approach to medicine
diseases of the dark ages
plague of justinian and the black death
endemics of dark ages
leprosy, smallpox, measles, tuberculosis, trachoma, syphilis, anthrax, cholera, malaria etc
Romans contribution to medicine
water systems and hospitals
leading endemic during 1800s in US
Malaria
bleeding gums, swollen tongues and ptyalism are side effects of
calomel
ptyalism
excessive drooling
Influential physician during washington presidency
Ben Rush
whos drug choice was lobelia?
Samuel thomson, believed in use of botanicals
“Every man his own physician”
samuel thomson
dean of hydropathy
russell trall
Comprehensive health vision
ostego, Mi in 1863
after stroke james white was treated with
hydropathy