CS 2902: Ancient Medicine (Test 1) with correct answers 100%

CS 2902: Ancient Medicine (Test 1) with correct answers 100% Timeline - Correct Answer - 4th century BCE (399-300 BCE/BC) to 2nd century CE (100-199 CE/AD) Problems with the sources when studying ancient medicine - Correct Answer - only a fraction of sources exists from ancient day (need to look be critical and may need to consider other timelines) - complication with Greek society (only elite member were literate) - experiential medicine and oral tradition (many medical theories/procedures were observed first hand, never written down, and was passed down orally) - throughout time, sources like texts simply destroyed - biases of scribes: copying/recording: things published based on interest - general public may not be interested in them Types of sources - Correct Answer Written texts, Art, Physical evidence Examples of written texts - Correct Answer - letters, poetry, inscriptions, papyri, treaties Examples of Art - Correct Answer - vase, paintings, statues, relics, etc. Examples of Physical Evidence - Correct Answer - human remains, artifacts, tools, archeological sites/buildings What affects Transmission of sources - Correct Answer - Natural disasters, warfare (destroys sources) - Monasteries picking what is transcribed (some works lost or forgotten) - Latin medical texts before 350 AD lost - Books translated to codex (codex more accessible/easy access, books may contain contents that is difficult to format in codex, so they are simply left out and eventually forgotten) - In 850 AD/CE: changes in handwriting made in difficult for people to make sense of what is written (more abbreviation in language/writing) How were some medical works saved? - Correct Answer - Galenism: Gale, well respected by people, whose words are valued. Gale valued medicine and had a show on ancient medicine, so people followed it as well. - Printing press: helped preserved ancient texts - In 1499, Greek medical record were printed. - Opening of libraries How does lost of sources affect us? - Correct Answer - We can't make general/definitive statements, meaning we don't have the full picture - We need to use other sources to aid the picture: legal, historical, poetic, plays, etc. - texts assume a level of knowledge Problems on studying of ancient medicine - Correct Answer - isolationist view (many only focus on very specific topics rather than important problems at hand) - cultural view of Hippocrates as founder/father of medicine (so anything before his time are ignored) - people have limited interest in medicine - rational medicine vs magic/superstition/religion T/F, rational and "magic/supernatural" approaches go side by side - Correct Answer True Causation Ideologies - Correct Answer - seeks single entity casing disease (germ gene) - if you know the cause, you can make a treatment Reduction Ideologies - Correct Answer - separate pathogen from patent - problem bacteria/virus not the patient - primary focus: disease agent - secondary: patient Problems with these approach.. - Correct Answer - solely focused on root of problem, and ignores patients (for instance the pain they'll feel) Anthropological approach - Correct Answer - relationship between disease, patient, and healer Do's and Don'ts in A. approach - Correct Answer - do's: wider, integrated perspective on human