Medicine Through Time Flashcards
What does pre history mean?
Before writing
What are the RICOS WIG factors?
Religion Individuals Chance Other Science and technology
War
Improved communications
Government
What were prehistoric teeth like?
Were very healthy, only 9 out of 1500 decayed
What was prehistoric bones like?
Bad, joints swelled (oesteoarthritus)
Why did prehistoric women die younger?
Work, poor diet, pregnancy
How did prehistoric people treat injury?
Herbs, plants and trephining
What was trephining?
Cutting a hoke in the skull to release the evil spirits
What did they believe caused injury in the prehistoric times?
Spirits
Why was the mummification important?
It revealed the anatomy of the body
What is the anatomy?
How the inside of a body is structured
What did the Egyptians think caused disease?
Un digested food rotting in the bowels have off gases which seeped into the channels preventing blood and water flow
What was the Egyptians idea for the body’s structure?
Channels from the heart carried blood and air.
Where did the Egyptians get the idea of channels from?
Farming
How did the Egyptians treat death?
They were embalmed (organs taken out and body preserved)
What was an Asclepion?
A temple where a sick person slept and was cured by Asclepius visiting3 their dreams
Who was Asclepius?
God of medicine/healing
What was the Ancient Greek time period?
800-400BC
What were the names of Asclepius’ daughters?
Hygeia and panacea
What was Epidauras?
The place where the most famous Asclepion was built
Who came up with the idea of the four humours?
Hippocrates
What season and element was blood related to?
Spring and air
What season and element was yellow bile related to?
Summer and fire
What season and element was black bile related to?
Autumn and earth
What season and element was phlegm related to?
Winter and water