Bloodletting

Neolithic era near Stone Age (Abbate, 2004). Over this time, they used sharp stones referred to as ‘plen’ and stone probes. Stones were also used for bloodletting. There was an ancient belief in China that diseases were caused by demons and evil spirits. Therefore, blood was used for cleansing in the practice of bloodletting. Primarily, bloodletting was an antecedent to Chinese acupuncture. According to Abbate (2004), substantial evidence depicts that dependable and acknowledged acupuncture…

Disease and Medicine in 1840’s America America -- a young nation, still in its infancy; after declaring victory over Britain two times, and escaping the global Napoleonic War, there was an abrupt but shaky peace. The United States were hit by a massive economic revolution in a time period known to many as “Jacksonian America.” But when asked of what 1840’s America was like, most people would say familiar phrases heard in a history class, “The Gold Rush,” “Mexican-American War,” and “Manifest…

In this essay, I will examine how limb amputation has affected the economic growth of middle ages. Limb amputation is an ancient procedure, performed through the ages. In this essay, I will examine how it was performed. Moreover, I will examine the effects it had on peoples lives after the procedure. I will compare the methods and standards of living in both medieval Europe as well as in Islamic countries. The word amputation is from the Latin word amputare which means “to cut away”. The English…

Medieval Medicine An exploration of medieval medicine and the effects of religion/superstition on medical practices. The medical learning and advancements of antiquity were suspended in their course during the middle ages (c 500 - 1500 C.E.). Knowledge of the Greco-Roman era was set aside as an intensely religious age dawned in Western Europe. As Christianity grew to prominence, disease began to be viewed as a punishment from God, caused by personal sin rather than an objective occurrence.…

Olmec Religion Report By Uyen Pham Who, why, and how did the Olmec worship? The Olmec were rich in religion, all ceremonial or activity in the religion were done by shamans, people who were believed to have supernatural powers to spirits. Priests and rulers also participated in ceremonial activities, but rulers were the most influential to others because they were thought to be relatives of the gods in Olmec religion. At first, historians thought that the religion was revolved around a…

According to Ibn Zuhr, not only surgical operations but also other manual techniques, such as bloodletting, cautery and phlebotomy, should be assigned to the assistants. A successful performance of cataract couching was therefore the highest recognition conferred to the class of assistants but not to the physician. Similarly, al-Razi (d. 925), a Persian…

Nymphomania a mental disorder that is exhibited through excessive sexual behavior in woman. Whether or not nymphomania is a true mental disorder is argued over in medical society, but there is evidence to indicate that the compulsive sexual behaviors are a serious mental illness. Nymphomania may begin as a “result of environment, heredity, and life events. It may also be linked to a chemical imbalance in the brain” (Majumdar, S. R). History Throughout history there has been a stigma with women…

treatments. Although a last resort surgery was semi successful during this period. Illness was treated as a religious sickness, because the doctors were priest and such they saw illnesses as the consequences of angering the gods, treatments such as bloodletting was used to pull out the bad blood. These methods were put to test by doctors of the time who came from the fallen Roman empire or people who studied medicine in Greece. One of these doctors was Hippocrates of Kos. Hippocrates was…

Mental Illness: Historical and Modern Approaches Annotated Bibliography Cullen, C., & McCann, E. (2015). Exploring the role of physical activity for people diagnosed with serious mental illness in Ireland. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 22(1), 58-64. In this article, individuals diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) were examined to determine their subjective experiences regarding physical activity. The main objective of this study was to elicit the opinions and views of…

This was because Semmelweis’s observations were against the medical assumptions at that time. The dominant theory of diseases was an imbalance of “four humours” in the body, a theory known as dyscrasia, for which the only treatment was bloodletting, along with the common idea that diseases are transmitted in the form of “bad air” (Ataman,Vatanoglu-Lutz,Yildirim, n.d.). which also caused for him to be dismissed from the…