Health - 2 Flashcards
What were the causes of illness in prehistoric times
Causes - bodily invasion of evil spirits, supernatural possession and sorcery
What were the treatments of illness in prehistoric times
Trephination
Geophagy
Exorcism
How is the serpent a symbol of morons medicine today
Snake symbolises shedding of skin
Rejuvination and healing
What did Hippocrates identify in a invent Greek time’s
First to identify role of bodily function
Hippocrates identified three four humours
What were these humours and how did it cause illness
Caused by an imbalance of the humours
What the humours and what illness and treatments are needed
Phlegmatic - phlegm - cold headaches, hot baths warm foods
Blood - angina,epilepsy, blood letting
Black bike - hepatitis, ulcers, hot baths
Yellow bile- stomach, jaundice, blood letting liquid diet
What is the oath that doctors and nurses take called
The Hippocratic oath
What was diseased explained by in the Middle Ages
Spirituals causes
Punishment by god for misdeeds on earth
What was a major health incident during Middle Ages
Great plague or Black Death , ya as causes by bacteria by they believed it was a punishment by god
What was the treatment for illness during the Middle Ages
Treatment layers with church using exorcism and torture to restore health
What hat was the churches views on illness in Middle Ages
Church took the view the soup still inhabited body after death, forbade boldly dissection
When did scientific enquiry re emerge
During the Renaissance age, with people like descartes, is physicians and theologians
Post renaissance what was the view on health
Moved away from religious views and thought of it in biological terms
What were two ideas about the heart and blood in post renaissance period
Blood circulation and heart function, heart does not produce blood it circulates it
What did anton van leeuwenhoek do
Developed first microscope, seen disease located in faulty cells
