Hippocrates

Here we can see a blatant expression of the phrase, “history repeats itself.” In the time of Hippocrates, the temples of healing had been in decline, due to what Hippocrates saw as an excess of “…sophistry and priestcraft…” Even before the time of The Trotula, there was a great deal of theological influence in the field of medicine. As it is today, men dominated the medieval Catholic Church. In keeping with the image of the bridge, the twelfth century Church’s involvement in women’s medicine,…

each other (Nardo 57). Comparable to Aristotle, Hippocrates became known as “The Father of Medicine” in the Western world for his work. Before Hippocrates stepped into the picture, doctors believed illnesses were punishments from the gods, and relied on herbs, spells, and rituals to heal someone (59 Nardo). Having Hippocrates mend a broken bone opened up the eyes of most doctors to entrust their careers in logic. (Nardo 59). Outside of Hippocrates’ doings, other figures like Alcmaeon and Galen…

medical technology, introducing a number of concepts, such as the medical diagnosis, prognosis and advanced medical ethics. Medieval beliefs and ideas about medicine had been based off of the work of two Greek physicians Galen, and Hippocrates (Bovey). Whereas Hippocrates had laid the foundation of Greek Medicine, it was Galen who had further developed its theory and practice. It was Galen who put forward the theory that a patient’s ailment was caused by an imbalance of the four humors: blood,…

were viewed under the light of existing and reliable scientific theories and practices in the scientific method. This was demonstrated by his ability to draw techniques and background knowledge from famous philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle and Hippocrates. This allowed his theory to be developed through the correct scientific method and built on the theories of researchers before him.…

Major depressive disorder also known as clinical depression is a mood disorder involving sadness, feelings of worthlessness, loss of interest in someone’s usual activities and changes in one’s activities such as sleep and appetite that persist over a period of at least two weeks. (Textbook) To be diagnosed with depression a person must have at least four other symptoms of depression and these symptoms should be severe enough that they interfere with a person’s day to day life and prevent them…

the same level as everyone else. This causes people to want to put those who are different them in a situation in which they might feel vulnerable and uncomfortable. They do this through speaking about them or to them in a condescending manner. Hippocrates is a prime example of someone who does this while he is describing the people of Asia and Egypt in his book Air, Waters, and Places. The people are different than him in culture and appearance and as a result he describes the Asiatic people as…

In addition the plague created an increase in the need for higher education and placing a higher importance on how medicine and physical science work together (Edmonds, 2008). The start of medicine can be contributed to epidemic of the plague because during the Middle Ages the focus was more on practical actions, but following the outbreak the creation of “medicine as a science” (Damen, 2015) came into effect in the West. One can only say that Western medicine came about due to the disturbing…

whose goal was to understand the physical and astral worlds. Alchemists believed these things were inseparable in nature. The foundations of alchemy began in with Hippocrates and Aristotle in ancient Greek times. While alchemy began in ancient Greece those ideas lived on through the medieval era and are still used by some today. Hippocrates is credited with establishing the idea of the four humors, the theory that the body and mind are linked within: blood or sanguine, phlegm or phlegmatic,…

Mental Illness: Historical and Modern Approaches Annotated Bibliography Cullen, C., & McCann, E. (2015). Exploring the role of physical activity for people diagnosed with serious mental illness in Ireland. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 22(1), 58-64. In this article, individuals diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) were examined to determine their subjective experiences regarding physical activity. The main objective of this study was to elicit the opinions and views of…

of breast cancer hails from ancient Egypt in 1500 BC and it was recorded that there was no treatment for the cancer, only palliative treatment. 1.2.1: Origin of the word cancer: 7 The origin of the word cancer is credited to the Greek physician Hippocrates (460-370 BC), He coined the terms carcinos and carcinoma to describe non-ulcer forming and ulcer-forming tumors. In Greek, these words refer to a crab, i.e. finger-like spreading projections from a cancer called to mind the shape of a crab.…