LESSON 1 GLOBAL HISTORY Flashcards
It was believed to be caused by the negative interaction between environment and the body.
DISEASE
300 BC to180 AD
- “Father of medicine”
- Hippocratic Oath and Galen
- Greek physician and philosopher
- Four humuors
- Urine tasting
HIPPOCRATES
Assessement of disorder through measurement of bodily fluids.
FOUR HUMOURS
Four humours
- blood
- phlegm
- yellow bile
- black bile
Appearance of bubbles, blood, and pus
Indicate kidney disease and chronic illnesses
Diabetes
Diarrhea of urine
Established the relationship between fluid intake and urine vloume
GALEN
Water casting
UROSCOPY
Physicians who failed to examine the urine
Subject to public beatings
900 AD
The first written book of urine
Early 11th century
Practioners were not allowed to conduct physical examination
18th century
Medical techniques and cadaver dissection were used (more objective and more accurate)
19th century
Using machines for diagnosis and therapeutics
John Hutchinson
- measuring vital capacity of lungs
SPIROMETER
Jules Herisson
- measuring blood pressure
SPHYGMOMANOMETER
Pivotal in diagnosis for diabetes, anemia, diptheria, and syphilis
CHEMISTRY
1969
80% of medical professionals are non-physicians
Rene Laennec; 1816
- 1st diagnostic medical; lungs and heartbeats
STETHOSCOPE
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek; 1840
- 1st practical; advanced lens and lower costs
MICROSCOPE
Hermann von Helmoz; 1850
- 1st visual technology
OPHTHALMOSCOPE
Manuel Garcia; 1855
- observe larynx and throat
LARYNGOSCOPE
Wilhelm Roentgen; 1859
- radiation could penetrate solid objects of low density without surgery
X-RAY
Willian Einthoven; 1903
- measure electrical charges
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH
Eizabeth Kenny; 1910
- pioneering work for modern PT; treatment of polio
KENNY METHOD
