The Ancient World - MT1 - Part 4 Flashcards
What did the Hippocratics not emphasize?
Diagnosis
What did the Hippocratics believe about diagnosis?
Either that you were sick or well so you didnt need a diagnosis
What kind of view did the Hippocratics have?
Holistic
What did Hippocratics think changing could help? (3)
- Diet
- Bath
- Ointments
What did Hippocratics believe in?
Environmental factors
- country side was more relaxing and helpful
What did laxatives do?
Made you poop
What did emetics do?
Made you vomit
What did narcotics do?
Relieved plain
What were 5 types of Hippocratic therapies?
- Change in diet ect
- Drugs
- Removing tumours
- Surgery
- Bloodletting
Why did you have to be quick in surgery? (3)
- Painful for the patient
- Increase for infection the longer they were open
- Blood loss
Bloodletting
Cutting the body to release blood and fix its unbalance
Scarificator
Device for cutting veins for therapeutic purposes
Who use to preform surgeries and bloodletting in Medieval Europe?
Barbers
- the red stripes on the barbers pole today originally represents bloody bandages
What might not be apart of the Hippocratic document?
Hippocratic oath
What 3 people had more human centred and theological interests?
- Socrates
- Plato
- Aristotle
Who was Aristotle?
One of the most influential philosophers and scientists in history
What was Socrates mainly interested in?
Ethical questioning
- shifted away from political and natural issues
What was Plato mainly interested in?
The natural world
What was Aristotle mostly interested in?
Nature
Where was Aristotle born?
Macedonia
Who was Aristotle’s father? And what was his profession?
- Nichomachus
- He was a physician
What happened to Aristotle after his father died?
Instead of learning to become a physician his uncle taught him about philosophy
- went into teaching
What kind of biology was Aristotle most interested in?
Marine biology
How did Aristotle think you learnt about the world?
By being in the world and not sitting and reading about it
