[1] History of MT in Global Context Flashcards
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“Father of Medicine”
Hippocrates
“Four Humors”
Blood, Phlegm, Yellow Bile & Black Bile
Advocates the tasting of urine, listening to the
lungs (auscultation), observing appearances in
diagnosis diseases.
Hippocrates
Qualitative assessment of disorder the measurement of body fluid
Hippocrates
objective evidence, a manifestation that your physician perceives.
Sign
subjective evidence, a manifestation of the diseases apparent to the patient.
Symptoms
Who formulated the Hippocratic Oath?
Hippocrates
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
It is the sworn agreement made by physicians when they become doctors
Who wrote uroscopy?
Hippocrates
What is Uroscopy?
old way of testing the urine
Who formulated the humoral pathology?
Hippocrates
What is humoral pathology?
It is a source of a person’s disposition and disease in ancient times
It was used as a marker for diagnosis
Urine
What is the newest way of testing our urine?
Urinalysis
In urinalysis physical examination
color, clarity, odor
In urinalysis chemical examination
reagent strip
In urinalysis microscopic analysis
formed elements (eg. crystal)
excessive urination
Polyuria
S/S of Polyuria
diabetes, kidney stones, bladder infection,
and kidney failure
What is the normal range for 24-hour urine volume
2 liters a day
Who recorded the sweet taste of diabetic urine?
Hindu Physicians
Who concluded diabetes by observing the urine if
ants that are attracted to it?
Greeks
Who practiced immunization to smallpox?
Chinese
It is a preparation used to stimulate the
body’s immune response against infectious
agents
Vaccine
