prelim perspective lesson 1 Flashcards
ARE CONSIDERED BY MOST
SCIENTISTS TODAY TO BE THEIR PROGENITORS.
HEALERS and PHYSICIAN
THE FOUR BODILY HUMORS by aristotle:
AIR - BLOOD
WATER - PHLEGM
FIRE - YELLOW BILE
EARTH - BLACK BILE
BECAMES THE FIRST FOUNDATION OF
HEMEOSTASIS. IN GREEK MEDICINE
aristotle
He also stated that diseases/ illness
are caused by imbalance in humors.
aristotle
Describes himself as a
midwife which assists in
other giving birth to their
ideas.
aristotle
This method of
questiong drawsout
an individual’s
unexamined
assumptions which
eleminates biases.
socratic method
This method is then
applied to clinical
medicine during
renaissance period.
socratic method
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Site- Where can you feel the pain?
Onset- When did the pain start? Is it sudden or gradual?
Characteristic- What is the like? Dull ache, Stabbing or throbbing?
Radiation- Does the pain radiate anywhere?
Associations- Any other pain symptoms associated with the pain
Time course- Does the pain follows any patterns? Morning or
Night time?
Exacerbations/relieving factors- Does anything change the pain?
Analgesics or any medications? Cold or Hot compress?
Severity-How bad is the pain? pain level assessment(0 - 10)
Diseases are caused naturally not
by superstitions and Gods.
hippocrates
the first physician to accurately describe the symptoms of pneumonia, as well as epilepsy in children.
hippocrates
“the father of modern medicine”.
hippocrates
Notes the effect of food, of occupation, and especially of climate in causing disease.
hippocrates
He centered his philosophy upon prognosis rather than diagnosis and he rejected many of the accepted mystical elements of disease
hippocrates
He is given credit for the first description of clubbing of the fingers:
chronic lung disease, lung cancer and
cyanotic heart disease.
hippocratic fingers
ethical pratice of medicine.
The Hippocratic Oath
PRIMUM NONNOCERE means?
do not harm
collection of data which was usedby Greek healers as a reference
hippocratic corpus
the father of experimental biology.
Galen
is derived from both Aristotle and Hippocrates data
Galen’s system
Popularized standard humorism until 1800’s
galen
Learned anatomy by experience and madedetailed notes on anatomy.
Galen
he accurately observed how larynx works and demonstrated how lungs filled up with air.
Galen
he also innovated cataract surgery
Galen
He also discovered that veins doesn’tcontain air but blood.
Galen