History- first lecture Flashcards
What were professions 17,000 years ago?
- diviner
- witch doctor
- herbalist
- birth attendants
- bone setter
- priests
What was a new profession in siberia?
Shaman
What did shamans do to cure?
Used amulets and talisman- had spiritual powers
What skills did shamans have?
Medical + social
Who was mesopotamia and what jobs did they have?
- Iraq
- Seer: divination
- Priest: exorcism
- Physician: drug + surgery
How did egypt develop health?
3 millennium BC- physician combined religion + magic (drugs) + surgery
What did greek believe in?
Asklepius: god of healing
Hygein: health
panacea: cure all
What did Hippocratic do?
Greek-5th century- natural theory of 4 humor= didnt believe in god
What is 4 humor theory?
Any shift= bad health
- blood
- phlegm
- black bile
- yellow bile
What 3 factor were important in 4 humor theory?
- sensible life style
- food
- exercise
- medicine
What is strength of hippocratic?
friends of sick= medical attention
What is fault hippocratic?
Knew too little anatomy
What is galen in charge of?
- dissecting animal + studying anatomy
- believed in 4 humors theory
- no human dissection
What did rome do after Galen time?
Church banned anything but galen- healers left.
What happened in dark ages to east?
golden age- translated galen work.
What happened to europe in 12 century?
Italy made universities- physician had to study to distinguish them from healers
What is procedure of medicine- 20th century?
Check history -> diagnose disease -> perscribe
1500- what happened in london?
college formed
What method- hippocrate or galen- did 20 century doctors choose?
Hippocratic= smooth
galen= violent
patients chose
True or false- Flexner was a doctor
False- a teacher
What did flexner do?
Checked med schools and rated them on their education
What was the consideration of flexner report?
- did it forget ethos?
- was something lost?
- What was the cost of success?
Who said “good physician treat the disease, great physician treat the patient who has the disease”?
William osler- flexnerian had wrong priority
What is national insurance act?
UK- has gatekeeper
1911
What is US view to gate keeper?
Doesn’t exist- people went to specialist
