Medicine Vocab Flashcards
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Trepanning/ Trephining
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Cutting a hole in someone’s head to release evil spirits
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Continuity
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When things stay the same
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Emetic
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Makes you sick
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Laxative
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Makes you excrete
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Asclepion
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Greek temple of healing
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Public health
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Government takes a role in improving people health
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Epidemic
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A large outbreak of disease
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Miasma
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Bad smell / Corruption of the atmosphere
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Self-Flagellation
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Penance for sin e.g whipping
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Ligatures
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Special silk thread used to seal open wounds
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Cauterise
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Using a red hot iron to seal a wound
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Paternalistic
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The opposite of laissez-faire; the government becomes more caring and takes a part in public health
