Hippocrates

medical technology, introducing a number of concepts, such as the medical diagnosis, prognosis and advanced medical ethics. Medieval beliefs and ideas about medicine had been based off of the work of two Greek physicians Galen, and Hippocrates (Bovey). Whereas Hippocrates had laid the foundation of Greek Medicine, it was Galen who had further developed its theory and practice. It was Galen who put forward the theory that a patient’s ailment was caused by an imbalance of the four humors: blood,…

were viewed under the light of existing and reliable scientific theories and practices in the scientific method. This was demonstrated by his ability to draw techniques and background knowledge from famous philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle and Hippocrates. This allowed his theory to be developed through the correct scientific method and built on the theories of researchers before him.…

the same level as everyone else. This causes people to want to put those who are different them in a situation in which they might feel vulnerable and uncomfortable. They do this through speaking about them or to them in a condescending manner. Hippocrates is a prime example of someone who does this while he is describing the people of Asia and Egypt in his book Air, Waters, and Places. The people are different than him in culture and appearance and as a result he describes the Asiatic people as…

whose goal was to understand the physical and astral worlds. Alchemists believed these things were inseparable in nature. The foundations of alchemy began in with Hippocrates and Aristotle in ancient Greek times. While alchemy began in ancient Greece those ideas lived on through the medieval era and are still used by some today. Hippocrates is credited with establishing the idea of the four humors, the theory that the body and mind are linked within: blood or sanguine, phlegm or phlegmatic,…

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…

Major depressive disorder also known as clinical depression is a mood disorder involving sadness, feelings of worthlessness, loss of interest in someone’s usual activities and changes in one’s activities such as sleep and appetite that persist over a period of at least two weeks. (Textbook) To be diagnosed with depression a person must have at least four other symptoms of depression and these symptoms should be severe enough that they interfere with a person’s day to day life and prevent them…

of breast cancer hails from ancient Egypt in 1500 BC and it was recorded that there was no treatment for the cancer, only palliative treatment. 1.2.1: Origin of the word cancer: 7 The origin of the word cancer is credited to the Greek physician Hippocrates (460-370 BC), He coined the terms carcinos and carcinoma to describe non-ulcer forming and ulcer-forming tumors. In Greek, these words refer to a crab, i.e. finger-like spreading projections from a cancer called to mind the shape of a crab.…

In addition the plague created an increase in the need for higher education and placing a higher importance on how medicine and physical science work together (Edmonds, 2008). The start of medicine can be contributed to epidemic of the plague because during the Middle Ages the focus was more on practical actions, but following the outbreak the creation of “medicine as a science” (Damen, 2015) came into effect in the West. One can only say that Western medicine came about due to the disturbing…

Since the beginning of time, people have always been afraid of something, whether it be predators or pestilence. Fear has always been a normal reaction to something dangerous, causing the individual to go into the fight or flight reaction. Phobias are like a fear but are so intense to the point where it interferes with their ability to function and their quality of life. Phobias are described as an abnormal, intense, and irrational fear. The fear can be of a given situation, organism, or…

The four temperaments are understood to be the personality types of all people. The four are important attributes to our society helping people understand themselves on a deeper level. Also for a better understanding of why they act or do things in specific ways. We were all created with different personality temperaments. This paper will focus on the four temperaments types choleric, sanguine, melancholy and phlegmatic. In the background this paper it will include and discuss who and where…