Medicine Flashcards
Why was Hippocrates important?
He is the founder of medicine and was regarded as the great physician of all time
What did Hippocrates use to diagnose people?
The four humours
What did Hippocrates encourage doctors to look for?
Natural treatments
What did Hippocrates create to give people confidence in doctors?
an oath
What are the four humour?
blood, black bile, yellow bile, phlegm
What are some of the supernatural causes they believed?
God is the cause, position of the planets, miasma which is bad air
What were some of the natural treatments?
herbal remedies, blood letting, diet
Who treated the sick ?
lady of the manor, monks, doctors but very few in number, care in the hiem
What were the two types of plagues?
bubonic and pneumonic
What did bubonic plague Do?
make u feel cold and tired bubors appeared in the armpits and groin
What did pneumonia Do?
attacked the victims lungs cause them to cough up blood and they would die more rapidly
What were some of the treatments of plague?
eating cool things, lighting fire in the room, carrying herbs and spices
What does renaissance mean?
rebirth
when did the medical renaissance happen?
1500 to 1700
Who was thomas sydenham?
he was part of a belief called humanjsn which was a move away from the idea God sent illness
