Ancient Medicine Exam 1 UIOWA| Updated RATED A+ |
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Hippocrates (historical)
- from Cos
- from the family of Asclepius
- traveled
- taught medicine for money
- had theories of the body and the universe
Paleopathology
- the reconstruc on of the disease in historic individuals or popula ons
Pathocoenosis
-paleopathology at the level of a popula on
-stable when disease exist con nuously within a popula on
-(textual, archaeological, & compara ve evidence)
Stable Pathocoenosis
-modern western society: degenera ve diseases~cancer
-ancient mediterranean society: poor hygiene~typhoid fever and dysentery
retrospec ve diagnosis
-done at level of individual
-tries to match symptoms from the text to modern day symptoms
-infers that the cause is the same
- 3 assump ons: source text is good, some medical thinking is unchanged & biological processes
are constant (body & or bacteria hasn't changed)
Before Hippocrates:
3 strands of medical knowledge:
1. foreign healing cultures
2. medical knowledge in folk tradi on
3. philosophical interest in natural world
Kohl
, -a black powder, used as eye makeup especially in Eastern countries
- an sep c that they used to keep out bacteria
Edwin Smith Papyrus
- 1650-1550 BCE
- most ra onal healing (not magical) from wri1en sources
-case studies of head injuries
- surgical treatments w/ no reference to gods
Homer
- greek folk tradi on
- ancient greek author (oral poet)
- wrote the "Iliad" (700 BCE)
- war between greeks and trojans
- poem starts with a plague (trojans pray to Apollo to set revenge on the greeks, Apollo sets
plague on greeks)
- smart with medical context
Machaon
- son of Asclepius (famous healer)
- healer
- removes arrows, sucks out poisonous blood and applies "soothing cream"
- doesn't ask gods to help heal wounds
iatros
- healer, physician
Hesiod
- greek folk tradi on
- ancient greek author (oral poet)
- wrote "Works and Days" (700 BCE) (myth of the decline of man from god and includes intro of
disease to humans)
Pre-Socra c Philosophers
- philosophers before Socrates
- interested in moral ques ons and natural philosophy
Alcmaeon of Croton
NEW 2026
Hippocrates (historical)
- from Cos
- from the family of Asclepius
- traveled
- taught medicine for money
- had theories of the body and the universe
Paleopathology
- the reconstruc on of the disease in historic individuals or popula ons
Pathocoenosis
-paleopathology at the level of a popula on
-stable when disease exist con nuously within a popula on
-(textual, archaeological, & compara ve evidence)
Stable Pathocoenosis
-modern western society: degenera ve diseases~cancer
-ancient mediterranean society: poor hygiene~typhoid fever and dysentery
retrospec ve diagnosis
-done at level of individual
-tries to match symptoms from the text to modern day symptoms
-infers that the cause is the same
- 3 assump ons: source text is good, some medical thinking is unchanged & biological processes
are constant (body & or bacteria hasn't changed)
Before Hippocrates:
3 strands of medical knowledge:
1. foreign healing cultures
2. medical knowledge in folk tradi on
3. philosophical interest in natural world
Kohl
, -a black powder, used as eye makeup especially in Eastern countries
- an sep c that they used to keep out bacteria
Edwin Smith Papyrus
- 1650-1550 BCE
- most ra onal healing (not magical) from wri1en sources
-case studies of head injuries
- surgical treatments w/ no reference to gods
Homer
- greek folk tradi on
- ancient greek author (oral poet)
- wrote the "Iliad" (700 BCE)
- war between greeks and trojans
- poem starts with a plague (trojans pray to Apollo to set revenge on the greeks, Apollo sets
plague on greeks)
- smart with medical context
Machaon
- son of Asclepius (famous healer)
- healer
- removes arrows, sucks out poisonous blood and applies "soothing cream"
- doesn't ask gods to help heal wounds
iatros
- healer, physician
Hesiod
- greek folk tradi on
- ancient greek author (oral poet)
- wrote "Works and Days" (700 BCE) (myth of the decline of man from god and includes intro of
disease to humans)
Pre-Socra c Philosophers
- philosophers before Socrates
- interested in moral ques ons and natural philosophy
Alcmaeon of Croton
