THE MIDDLE AGES

Question 1

HIPPOCRATES

Answer 1

FIRST TO REGARD BODY AS WHOLE - INFLUENCED MEDICAL THOUGHT, SHAPING HOW PHYSICIANS UNDERSTOOD AND TREATED PATIENTS.

4 HUMOURS THEORY - DOMINATED MEDICAL PRACTICE FOR CENTURIES IMPACTING DIAGNOSES AND TREATMENTS

FATHER OF MODERN MEDICINE - TEACHINGS ESTABLISHED HIM AS CENTRAL FIGURE IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE , SHAPING MEDICAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE FOR OVER A MILLENNIUM

HIPPOCRATIC OATH - EMPHASIS ON ETHICAL MEDICAL PRACTICE CONTRIBUTED TO ITS ENDURING SIGNIFICANCE GUIDING PHYSICIANS CONDUCT AND PATIENT CARE

Question 2

GALEN

Answer 2

DISSECTION OF ANIMALS
IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING TO PULSE
INFLUENCED WESTERN MEDICINE FOR 1500 YRS
CHURCH LEADERS LIKED HIS WORKS - REFERRED TO A CREATOR

Question 3

INFLUENCE OF ISLAMIC MEDICINE

Answer 3

STRESSED NEED FOR OBSERVATION
WROTE OVER 150 BOOKS
‘DOUBTS ABOUT GALEN’

PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS WERE TREATED WITH COMPASSION AND SEEN AS VICTIMS

PRESERVED WRITINGS - EG RESEARCH IN NEW DRUGS - CAMPNOR,LAUDNUM - PAIN RELIEF - ADDED TO THEIR OWN KNOWLEDGE

GAVE PRACTICAL WORK TO TRAINING DOCTORS

CURE AND TREAT