Individuals Flashcards
1
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Who was Abulcasis?
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- Muslim Surgeon
- “Father of modern surgery”
- Wrote Al Tasrif (30 volume medical book) in 1000 AD
2
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Who was Ibn Sina (Avicenna)?
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- Wrote “Canon of Medicine” (contained chapters on obesity and anorexia) in 1000 AD
- Became standard medical textbook up to 17th century
3
Q
Who was Al-Razi?
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- Doubted Galen (wrote doubts about Galen) however still followed him
- Stressed need for careful observation
- Distinguished measles from smallpox
900 AD
4
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Who was Ibn-Al-Nafis?
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- 13th century doctor
- Concluded Galen was wrong
5
Q
Who was John of Arderne
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- “Father of modern surgery”
- Wrote Practica in 1376 (surgery manual still used today)
- Used opium and henbane to null pain
- Developed treatment for anal abscess
6
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Who were Hugh of Lucca and his son Theodoric?
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- Surgeons in Bologna, Italy
- Wrote book in 1267 criticising the use of pus to heal wounds
- Used wine in wounds
- Their ideas went against Hippocrates and weren’t popular
7
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Who was De Chauliac?
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- French surgeon
- Wrote Great surgery in 1363
- Referenced Avicenna, Galen
- Didn’t like Theodoric and Lucca (main reason why their ideas didn’t catch on)
8
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Who was Galen?
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- Believed that the human body must have been designed by God
- Research used by church until 17th century
- Followed Hippocrates
- 2nd Century
9
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Who was Hippocrates?
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- “Father of modern medicine”
- 4 humours (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile)
- First person to theorise that disease wasn’t caused by the supernatural
- 400 BC
