History Of Medicine Flashcards
What was Hippocrates discovery?
He came up with the four humours that he believed to be cause of illness if they were unbalanced
What did the four humours include?
Blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile
Who was Galen?
A gladiator surgeon
Why did Galen dissect animals?
To discover the anatomy of what bones looked like
What did Galen discover of the inside of an animal?
He said that the inside of an animal is the same as inside of a human
Who was Vesalius?
An anatomist
What did Vesalius do?
He took bodies from cemeteries and dissected them
What did Vesalius book include?
It contained pictures of the anatomy of the human body
What did Vesalius book allow people to understand?
What the body looked like from the inside
Who was Paré?
A war surgeon
What did Paré discover?
A new ointment which included egg yolk, oil of roses and a mixture of herbs instead of using boiling hot water
How did Paré tie up wounds?
By using LIGATURES made from SILK THREADS to tie up arteries and veins to stop bleeding
Who was Hippocrates?
He was a doctor in Ancient Greece
How did Vesalius prove Galen wrong?
Galen relied on dissection of animals and did not look into the structure of the human body
What did Galen prove?
That the brain controlled the body not the heart
