TFN NGA NI BOBA KULIT Flashcards
Is a set of propositions (statements / opinions), suppositions (assumptions / hypotheses), or
constructs (ideas), that purport to explain, describe and predict a reality. It is an abstraction of reality
Theory
cutting a hole in the head of the afflicted to let out the evil spirit. may date to a time as early as 3000 BC. It details cures of ailment and anatomical observation.
TREPHINING
WHAT ERA IS THESE PRACTICES PRESENT?
▪ Nursing was a function that belonged to women.
▪ No caregiving training is evident
▪ Primitive men believed that illness was caused by the invasion of the victim’s body of evil spirits.
▪ Believed that medicine man was called shaman or witch doctor, having the power to heal using white magic.
▪Trephining
▪Music and singing was often used to chase away spirits.
Intuitive Period
(Primitive era – 6th Century)
Nursing was “untaught” and instinctive. It was performed of compassion for others, out of the wish to help others. Nurse’s role was instinctive and directed toward
comforting, practicing midwifery and being wet nurse to a child.
Intuition (INTUITIVE PERIOD - PRIMITIVE ERA-6TH CENTURY)
______ is an ancient textbook on surgery almost completely devoid of magical thinking and describes in exquisite detail the examination, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of numerous ailments.
Edwin Smith Papyrus
_______ treats women’s complaints, including problems with conception.
The Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus
The earliest known physician is also credited to Ancient Egypt
“Chief of Dentists and Physicians” for King Djoser in the 27th century BCE
She’s the earliest known woman physician.
Peseshet
WHAT ERA IS THESE PRACTICES PRESENT?
▪Different prehistoric medical practices
▪Use of mercury
▪Bloodletting with the use of leeches Lobotomies
▪Heroin for headaches
▪Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
▪Trephining
▪Cannibalistic Medical Practices
* Radium Water
* Ecraseur
* Plombage
* Peg Legs
* Morphine for teething
* Starvation for Aneurysms
* Hydroelectric Baths for Migraines
Prehistoric Medical Practice
Medical Authority/ Exorcist-Healer
Asipu
No distinction between rational science and magic
Mesopotamia
_____ are considered
“The Healthiest of all men”
Egyptians
BOOK:
Medical information in the _______
Edwin Smith Papyrus
Period of “on the job” training. From the founding of the Religious orders in the 11th century up to 1836 with the establishment of the Kaiserwerth Institute for training of
Deaconesses.
Apprentice (THE APPRENTICE PERIOD - 6TH CENTURY - 18TH CENTURY)
WHAT ERA IS THESE PRACTICES PRESENT?
* Nursing performed without any formal education and by people who were directed by more experienced nurses.
* Founding of religious order.
The Apprentice Period
(6th Century-18th Century)
Ancient text dealing with Medicine
The Atharvaveda