Classics 2902A Midterm exam
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100 questions with all correct
answers verified and graded A
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Who coined "systole" and "Diastole" (movement of arteries)
Herophilus of Chaledon
Galen: Herophilus' division of medicine
- knowledge of thing related to health (physiology and anatomy)
- knowledge of things related to disease (disruptions of balance)
- knowledge fo things related to the neutral (therapeutoc measures,
pharmacology, surgery, dietetics)
Types of surgery
- Fractures
- Rhinoplasty, ear, throat surgery: urinary, fistula, tumors, etc
- Eye surgery
- Combat wounds
- Surgery relating to female reproduction (C-Sections, abortion)
- Dental surgery, dental bridgework
,Known Surgeons
- Erasistratus (3rd c BCE, Alexandra): competent surgeon, especially
abdominal
- Philoxenus (fl. 75-70 BCE): expert for tumors
- Ammonius (3rd c BCE, Alexandria): Method for crushing bladder stones:
Attitudes towards surgery
Evidence for surgery is very fragmentary; most of our evidence comes from
Alexandria where surgery flourished
Surgery: Highlights over time
_- Emphasis on speed
- Robert Liston (19th c Surgeon): removed bladder stone in 2 minutes
- William Cheselden (18th c Surgeon): removed bladder stone in 1 minute
- Surgeons of Liston's time: "SPEEDY" leg amputation + 1 testicle + 2
assistant's fingers
Speed limits the quality of surgery
Limitations of Surgery
1. Lack of power antiseptics (chemical agents that prevent infection)
2. Sepsis - serious condition in which the body responds improperly to
infection
, Types of Anesthesia
Physical
inhalation/ingestion
Psychological
Physical Anesthesia
- knock out method
- compression of jugular veins
- aritifcal bleeding
Pyschological Anesthesia
- Hypnotism
- Meditations
Inhalation/ingestion
- Advantage: easily adjusted if administered too much
Poppy
- best and longest known, most useful
- crushed and liquid extracted: slit capsule, let juice exude, dry, scrape off,
roll into ball
- small dose=stimulant, large dose = induces sleep
most recently updated with over
100 questions with all correct
answers verified and graded A
plus
Who coined "systole" and "Diastole" (movement of arteries)
Herophilus of Chaledon
Galen: Herophilus' division of medicine
- knowledge of thing related to health (physiology and anatomy)
- knowledge of things related to disease (disruptions of balance)
- knowledge fo things related to the neutral (therapeutoc measures,
pharmacology, surgery, dietetics)
Types of surgery
- Fractures
- Rhinoplasty, ear, throat surgery: urinary, fistula, tumors, etc
- Eye surgery
- Combat wounds
- Surgery relating to female reproduction (C-Sections, abortion)
- Dental surgery, dental bridgework
,Known Surgeons
- Erasistratus (3rd c BCE, Alexandra): competent surgeon, especially
abdominal
- Philoxenus (fl. 75-70 BCE): expert for tumors
- Ammonius (3rd c BCE, Alexandria): Method for crushing bladder stones:
Attitudes towards surgery
Evidence for surgery is very fragmentary; most of our evidence comes from
Alexandria where surgery flourished
Surgery: Highlights over time
_- Emphasis on speed
- Robert Liston (19th c Surgeon): removed bladder stone in 2 minutes
- William Cheselden (18th c Surgeon): removed bladder stone in 1 minute
- Surgeons of Liston's time: "SPEEDY" leg amputation + 1 testicle + 2
assistant's fingers
Speed limits the quality of surgery
Limitations of Surgery
1. Lack of power antiseptics (chemical agents that prevent infection)
2. Sepsis - serious condition in which the body responds improperly to
infection
, Types of Anesthesia
Physical
inhalation/ingestion
Psychological
Physical Anesthesia
- knock out method
- compression of jugular veins
- aritifcal bleeding
Pyschological Anesthesia
- Hypnotism
- Meditations
Inhalation/ingestion
- Advantage: easily adjusted if administered too much
Poppy
- best and longest known, most useful
- crushed and liquid extracted: slit capsule, let juice exude, dry, scrape off,
roll into ball
- small dose=stimulant, large dose = induces sleep
