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They used herbalism; the practise of using herbs to heal people. In each tribe there were shamans who would ‘exorcise ill people’ demons’ and apothecary. They had medicine men who were shamans and witch-doctors. They would provide supernatural treatments like …

Purge – To clean or clear the body of impurities Cauterise – Burning a wound to stop the flow of blood or to seal it from infection Cholera – A disease carried in polluted water Inoculate – Inject a person …

I. Traditional conception of doctor-patient relationship A. The Hippocratic Oath 1. Hippocrates was a Greek physician, born about 460 B. C. , died around 377 B. C. , known as the Father of Medicine. 2. The Oath contains three elements: …

“Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm. ” This quotation came from a brilliant person from the prosperous Greek period, where medical conditions were attributed to divine intervention but for him, ALL diseases have …

Claudius Galen was a Greek physician who went to Rome and revived the ideas of Hippocrates and other Greek doctors. Galen favoured the observations of Hippocrates and other Greek doctors who lived at the time of Hippocrates. He put great …

Pediatrics is a relatively new medical specialty. [1]Hippocrates, Aristotle, Celsus, Soranus, and Galen, understood the differences in growing and maturing organisms that necessitated different treatment “Ex toto non sic pueri ut viri curari debent. “[1] A 2nd century AD manuscript …

?Medieval towns and public places may not have been clean by modern standards, but Medieval people understood the connection between clean living and good health. Occasionally, they took a bath about once a year. Medieval towns did not have systems …

Strongly believed that evil sprits were responsible for causing diseases. However, there was no writing system so symptoms of diseases were not recorded so it was difficult to pass on knowledge. ?Archaeological evidence such as left over bones, cave paintings …

Locked-in syndrome, is in fact a very controversial and frequently discussed topic. In which brings up the question if a person unable to function in speech or mobility, but conscious, should have the right to assisted suicide. In the following …

Hippocrates, and later Galen, hypothesized that a person’s character was influenced by a combination of four humors that governed the body: black bile, phlegm, yellow bile, and blood. Centuries later, the Elizabethans adopted these ideologies to their medical practices, and …