health lecture 2 Flashcards
prehistoric causes?
body invasion by evil spirits
supernatural possession
prehistoric treatments?
trephination
exorcism
what were the ancient greeks first to do?
identify the role of bodily function in disease
phlegmatic personality?
cold/headaches
sanguine personality?
angina/epilepsy
melanchollic personality?
hepatitis/ulcers
choleric personality?
stomach/jaundice
middle ages diseases?
explained by quasi religious spiritual causes like a punishment from god
period of renaissance?
individual thinking was becoming increasingly dominant
post renaissance?
moving away from religious views into more biological views
what did edward jenner invent?
smallpox vaccination
20th century?
separation of mind and body