Hippocrates

William Shakespeare’s estimated birth is around April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom ("Poet William Shakespeare”). He one of eight children of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden, and had two older sisters and five younger brothers ("Poet William Shakespeare”). Although sources say that no birth records exist, the estimated date of birth was presumed from church records that indicate that Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564 ("William Shakespeare”). It is also presumed that…

Smoothed word of suicide: Euthanasia Since Euthanasia Society of America (ESA) was founded in New York in 1938, more and more people believe that euthanasia should be permitted and they have started to support to make it authorized, so that subjects of legalizing it have become more pervasive all over the world. Many people support euthanasia and it should be count as a right such as people have right to live, nonetheless this essay argues the thought that euthanasia should be legalized owing…

recreation, such as swimming. Not much is known about the types of zoonotic diseases that can be found in the seawater and how these diseases might affect sea life. The relationship between the spread if diseases and the climate was first discovered by Hippocrates in Greece. Though this relationship was realized so long ago, there has not been much research conducted on this particular topic. The research that…

INTRODUCTION About 2400 years BC, Hippocrates advised: “Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food” (Rishi 2006). Herbal medicines are used as a method of diseases treatment all over the world, especially in some countries like Iran. Advantages, such as less adverse effects, therapeutic efficacy, and lower final prices, make them a good alternative source for synthetic drugs. Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) are the most common drugs used to treat joint, bone, and muscle…

Be Considered As a Disease? Obesity or mostly known as being overweight is common around the world. ‘Obesity is defined as a complex multifactorial condition characterized by excess body fat’ (Mayo Clinic, 2013). Obesity was first discovered by Hippocrates, the Father of Western Medicine. During ancient Greek time, overweight people are considered to be divine. As time modernize, obesity was believed to cause health dangers such as diabetes, heart attacks and other effects (Begay, 2005). Any…

To the earliest known trait theorist named Hippocrates, people were made up of different combinations of body fluids that impacted their characteristics. The first, yellow bile, connected with those who are quick tempered (Rathus, 2010, pg. 393). It’s follow-up, blood, represented a warm, cheerful nature…

A quick glance at the local or national paper will show you that there are many environmental issues today. Some of the issues you will hear about are related to population issues and how to control the population of humans on Earth. Some stories will be about the loss of ecosystems in some part of the world. Maybe you'll see something that has to do with the current administration treats environmental issues. You are going to probably be reading a lot of articles that talk about climate change…

Texts as early as Hippocrates', Aristotle’s, and even the Bible describe the circumstances and methods of abortion in the Ancient world. In the U.S., abortion was commonly practiced by midwives until the late 19th century, when the profession of (male) doctors became popular…

Frankenstein and the Medical World: The Ethics of Stem Cells After a long day of annoying people, stressful work assignments, and in general, an atrocious day, you sit on your most comfortable couch or sprawl out on your bed and go on the Internet. Travelling on the wave of craziness that is the Internet, you check all of your social media: Tumblr, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, etc. Searching through the cat videos, memes, and weird random advertisements, you see it, the random post…

The Hippocratic Corpus is a school of thought created by Hippocrates that was taught to medical students (Week One Lecture). This way of thinking was so highly regarded that a temple was built to honor it and to teach future medical professionals. The Asklepieion was “built in 357 BC in Kos” and can be compared to a hospital (Week One Slides). Adherents to the Hippocratic Corpus approached the diagnosis and treatment of the ill with regards to the patient as an individual. Rather than lump the…