Bloodletting

hallucinogenic, to enter a mind-altering transformation, or deep trance in which it said the priest would transform into an animal spirit or naguals. The second practiced method was offering blood in sacrificial rituals of victims, in a process called bloodletting, where the priest would pierce the skin often the tongue, ears, or genitals. The jaguar, agile on land, water and in the air, was regarded the most important symbol to the Olmec religion. According to Olmec legend a human woman and a…

Introduction Set mostly in Afghanistan in the regime of Taliban, the book Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini has won many hearts from its reader. The book that first published in 2003 really deserves a title as The National Bestseller. Bringing the theme of friendship, betrayal, guilt, redemption and the uneasy love between fathers and sons this novel had me thrilled and moved, both at the same time. Hosseini successfully portrays the feeling of the characters and also the situational at…

In fact, in previous times all surgeons were general surgeons. Surgery itself started in ancient times, with one of the first being trepanation, a procedure in which a hole is drilled in the skull. After that came bloodletting in the 1500’s. “Modern” surgery didn’t come into play until the 1800’s with the invention of anesthesia and antiseptic, but death rates were still high. Appendicitis meant death until 1885 and the risk of dying on the table was above 50% until…

Depression is one of the most discussed and research topic in psychology and psychiatry. In earlier ages, depression, like many other mental diseases, was diagnosed as a form of demonic possession and a sickness from evil spirits. Again, like many other mental illnesses, the measures that were deemed appropriate to drive out the ‘evil spirits and demons’ were very extreme and ranged from lashings, use of restraints, imposed isolation and imposed starvation (History Today, 2012). Slowly, it…

In Journey to the Wilderness, Frye Gaillard offers answers to the different perspectives that the Northern and Southern states of America developed from the Civil War. While the South seemed to revel in their “glorious defeat” the North remembered it as a fight for the unification of the country. As the South’s new generations grew, they were taught “stories of gallantry and courage, and admiration of the dashing generals…whose heroism was undiminished by defeat” (25, Gaillard). However, the…

In early modern England, patients had considerable power over physicians and played key roles in paving the trajectory of their illnesses, as physicians were not a monopoly. Since patients had the authority to choose who they wanted to treat them, market relations were essential. In particular, the primary sources from The Making of the English Patient demonstrate how patients shaped early modern medicine. These sources unveil the pitfalls of only looking at a patient-focused history and how…

- The roots of evidence -based practice can be traced back to the primitive procedure of bloodletting. • 1972- Archie Cochrane stressed that random controlled studies were necessary to gauge the effectiveness of the healthcare…

Although the 3-D printing industry did not see much growth in the first twenty years of its existence, the recently rapid development of the technology has led to breakthroughs within the field of medicine. Old fashioned and impersonal prosthetics are slowly being replaced by custom, innovative replacements. The 3-D printer is an incredibly efficient tool that doctors have begun using to create personalized solutions for problems that the medical field previously had no solutions for. Johnson…

Numerous films use disease as their main theme and while the disease is often inaccurately misrepresented for artistic purposes, it nevertheless manages to present aspects of it to the general public and raise a certain level of awareness. With present day medical advances, a great majority of physical diseases are treatable, or at least present a great deal of understanding of the pathophysiology, and thus they do not present a great deal of mystery. For this reason, screenplay writers have…

Introduction The Latino/a migration to the United States that occurred over the course of the last century was a phenomena mired in unfounded speculation because many “experts” struggled to properly explain the reasons for such massive amounts of Latino/a immigration. However, there are three central theories to explain the Latino/a migration to the United States. These three theories are the push-pull theory, structural theory, and transnational theory (Ramirez, 2016). Both the structural…