Ancient Folklore Healing and Medicine
Roman Medicine
Galen
Greek Medicine
Asclepius
Provided patients advice through dreams
Apollo
Provided cures for aliments
Inflicted Illnesses like plagues to punish mortals
Athena
Acquired much of his anatomical knowledge from combat wounds he treated
Private practitioner
Made many errors in medicine - He believed the venous and arterial systems were sealed and separate from one another
Despite medical errors Galen had accurate detail and established a positive legacy
Egyptian Medicine
Wandering Womb
The womb was considered to be alive and would move about a woman's body causing illness or death to women who were not having children. Hippocratic doctors would attempt to "cure" women of the wandering womb
Ta-Bitjet
Her blood was considered magic when Horus took her maidenhood and was thought to remedy all poisons
The blood was though to give healing magic for vicious bites, stings, and burns.
Chinese Medicine
Scorpion Goddess of Egyptian Medicine other wise known as "Wife of God Horus"
Shennong
Taught the Chinese about the use of herbal drugs
Practiced the application of plant based mediicne
Practiced acupuncture
Tested many plants and herbs and recorded his findings
Taught others to change their diets from meats, wild fruit and clams to a vegetable and grain based diet to help those who were sick and diseased
The pulse examination is a symbol of Chinese medicine. Pulse taking was completed with three fingers and thought to be created by Qin He.
"God Farmer" or "God Peasant". Shennong is associated with fire as he often taught others to clear farm fields with fire.
Hua Tuo
The first Chinese surgeon in China
Often used anesthetic herbs to during surgery
Bian Que
Practiced the pulse examination by using the wrist opening
Proposed the principle of yin-yang pulse. Discussed patterns in the three yin pulses vs the three yang pulses
Observed both similarities and differences of pulses between body types