PMTP Flashcards
Hippocrates
Father of medicine
Hippocratic oath (urine taste testing)
Galem
Greek physician and philosopher
4 humor:
Blood
Phlegm
Yellow bile
black bile
Medieval Europe
“Water casting” (uroscopy) was practiced
900AD
First book about characteristics of urine
11th century
Medical practitioners were not allowed to conduct physical examination
18th century
Mechanical techniques and cadaver dissection were used
19th century
Physician used machine for diagnosis and therapeutic
Chemistry was pivotal to diagnose diabetes, anemia, diphtheria, and syphilis
19th century
Physician used machine for diagnosis and therapeutic
Chemistry was pivotal to diagnose diabetes, anemia, diphtheria, and syphilis
1969
80% of medical professionals were non-physicians