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Medicine over time - Coggle Diagram
Medicine over time
Galen
interested in anatomy
thought that the humours could be rebalanced using “opposites”
Believed in the theory of the four humours
He was a Roman doctor
Before 1750
Ancient times
Supernatural
Spirits and gods were seen as the cause of illnesses
Combination of ritual
High priests and women had the role of healers and key caregivers
Illnesses
Natural treatments
Herbs
Prayer
Basic surgery
'medicine man'
Ancient Greeks
four humors
Phlegm
Blood
Yellow bile
Black bile
Treatments
Vomiting
Purging
Bledding
Hippocrates
natural causes of illness
medical books and treatises
Greek doctors
Were trained to observe patient’s symptoms and then diagnose
Doctors try to restore the balance
Careful observation of the sick
The Romans
Public Health
Constructing sewers
Aqueducts (brought clean water)
Public bath-houses
After 1750