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Who wrote the earliest description of disease and cancer approximately 3000 BC
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Edwin Smith Papyrus wrote this
Breast cancer |
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What did Edwin Smith Papyrus conclude about breast cancer
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He said that a bulging tumor of the breast was a grave disease and there was on tx for it
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What does the Ebers Papyrus contain and what year
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Contains the first reference to:
1. soft tissue tumors 2.fatty tumors 3. cancers of the skin 4. uterus 5. stomach 6. rectum 1500 BC |
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egyptians attempted to treat tumors with what?
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They attempted to treat tumors with:
1. Cautery 2. knives 3. salts 4. arsenic paste |
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Who used partial herbal remedies...and what were they
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The Chinese
1. tea 2. Fruit Juice 3. Figs 4. Boiled Cabbage |
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What did the chinese do for advanced cases of cancer
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They used this for advanced cases of cancer
1. Iron 2. coppper 3. sulfur 4. mercury |
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How long did the chinese concoctions remain in use
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For more than 3000 years the concoctions of the _______ remained in use
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Who molded medicine into a mixture of arts and science
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The Greeks molded medicine into this
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The greeks documented cancer of what..
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The documented these cancers:
skin mouth stomach breast |
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The Greeks believed cancer was superstitious, what was Hippocrates view on cancer
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He opposed superstitions as the cause of cancer
he believed cancer was initiated by natural causes due to excess or deprivation of: - blood -mucus -bile |
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Cancer growth reminded Hippocrates (greek) of what?
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Cancer growth reminded this Greek of a moving crab
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Who described anorectal condylomas and polyps...and what was used for examination?
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Hippocrates (Greek)
he used a speculum for examination of lesions found higher in the colon |
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Hippocrates (Greek) applied only palliative care to what cancer
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He regarded breast cancer and cervical cancer with bloody discharge as life-threatening and they were treated only palliatively
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Hippocrates (greek) divided cancer into what 2 entities
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He divided cancer into these 2 entities
1. superficial 2. deep |
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who was the influential Roman Physician that made Latin the language of medicine
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Celsus (roman) made what the language of medicine
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who continued the hippocratic concept of comparing cancer to a crab
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Celsus (roman) continued the Hippocratic concept of..
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Who wrote De Medicina....and what did it describe
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Celsus (roman) wrote this
It described several varieties of: -stomach -colon -liver -spleen |
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What did Celsus (roman) treat superficial lesions with
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treated superficial lesions with topical application of:
-boiled cabbage -salted mixture of honey and egg whites |
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What did Celsus (roman) recommend for tx
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He proposed early and aggressive surgical therapy
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What did Celsus (roman) know about breast cancer
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He knew breast cancers tend to recur in the armpit with or without swelling and may cause death by spread to distant organs
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Who had the first comprehensive description of signs, symptoms, and tx of cancer of the uterus
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Aretaeus (roman)
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Aretaeus (roman) is remembered for his clinical description of:
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elephantiasis
Jaundice Pleurisy 1st accurate account of diabetes |
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What did Aretaeus (roman) beleive were the distinct forms of cancer
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1. firm to the touch; nonulcerated (had a chance)
2. foul smelling; ulcerated (not a shot) |
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Discuss Claudius Galen's (roman) view with bile and cancer
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He believed thick black bile caused ulcerating and incurable cancer
whereas yellow bile caused non-ulcerated and curable cancer |
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Who thought cancer was disease of the sick and should be treated with purgatives to diminish the accumulation of black bile
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Claudius Galen (roman)
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Who wrote more than 100 notes on tumors and cancers more that any of his predecessors ( he was somewhat obsessed)
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Claudius Galen (roman)
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What did Avienna (Baghdad) introduce
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He introduced Polpectomy by a wire loop that was made tighter each day until the tumor fell off
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What did Aetius (Baghdad) introduce
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He introduced the treatment of breast cancer amputation of the whole breast
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Who was the first to publicly reject Galens 1000 year old theories
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Mondeville (France) was the first to do this
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Mondevile (France) simplified what
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He simplified terminology by pointing out that the terms scirrhus and carcinoma had the same meaning and both were cancer
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Mondeville (france) introduced the classifications of cancer with consideration of what
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he introduced classification of cancer with consideration of:
1. size 2. anatomic site 3. superficial of deep in location |
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John Arderne (France) is remembered as what
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He is remembered as the first proctologist
he practiced in london in the mid 1300's |
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He documented that benign and cancerous anal lesions present with identical symptoms
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John Arderne (france) documented this
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John Arderne (france) said that most anal masses are
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He said that most anal masses are hard indurations that can be felt by rectal exam
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John Arderne never saw a person recover from what type of cancer
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He never saw a person recover from rectal cancer
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whose humoral theory was being rejected around the world
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Galens (renaissance) __________ was rejected around the world
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Who coincided with the first public postmortem dissection of two bodies
what year was this |
Galen (renaissance) coincided with this in the year 1315
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soon after the introduction of the printing press what happened
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The first medical book was printed after the introduction of what in 1478
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who authored the first printed case report of cancer
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Antonio Benivieni (renaissance) authored this
**one of the cases was a relative of Benivieni that he treated for vomiting and wasting, the autopsy later revealed a gastric carcinoma |
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Paracelsus (renaissace), a chemist from switzerland was credited for
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He was credited for the earliest systemic chemotherapy agent
**he created warning labels stating these are potentially poisons and stated the proper dosing to prevent poising |
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The earliest chemotherapy agents consisted of:
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These agents consisted of:
mercury lead sulfur iron zinc copper arsenic iodine potassium |
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The Via Recta was published by who
in what year |
Thomas Venner (renaissance) published this is 1620
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The Via Recta stated what
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This states how tobacco affects the brain and the eyes and that is also induces trembling in the limbs and heart
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who introduced the modified radical mastectomy
in what year |
Guilielmus Hildanus (renaissance) introduced the radical mastectomy in 1682
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Who wrote 3 influential books and what did they introduce?
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Bernardino Ramazzini (renaissance) wrote these and they introduced:
-occupational, environmental, and life style causes of cancer |
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who introduced the use of the microscope for diagnosing tumors and other diseases
in what year |
Michael Etmullerus (renaissance) introduced this in the early 1700's
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who introduced the radical mastectomy
- what did it include - in what year |
Lorenz Heister (renaissance) introduced this in 1719
it included: -breast -axillary -lymph -pectoralis major m. |
