medicine in the ancient world hippocrates- greek - -remove magic a and superstition from medicine...
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Medicine in the Ancient WorldHippocrates- Greek
- -remove magic a and superstition from medicine
-observe s symptoms to d discover cause o of sickness
-founder of medical science
- Hippocratic Oath
-father of anatomy- first public
dissection of a human corpse
- described brain, tendons, nerves, veins
- Alexandria- home of medical discoveries
Herophilus- Egyptian
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What did the Romans Do?
-insisted on high standards
of cleanliness
-improved public sanitation
(baths, aqueducts)
-most improvements were
made by doctors serving
in the Roman army
- developed surgical tools
and performed specialized surgeries
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So Many Tools…So Little Time
• Bone Levers– put fractured bones
back in correct position
– possibly used in tooth extractions
• Bone Forceps– removed pieces of
skull and bone
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So Many Tools…So Little Time Cont’d
• Bone Drills– Remove diseased
tissue from bones
– Remove foreign objects (weapons) lodged in a bone
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So Many Tools…So Little Time…Cont’d
• Epilation Forceps– Tweezers used to
remove hair
• Surgical Scissors– Cut hair– Cut out tissue
during surgery
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So Many Tools…So Little Time…cont’d
• Cupping Vessels– Used to let out blood –
different sizes for different areas of a body
– Lower blood pressure by removing some blood
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So Many Tools…So Little Time…Cont’d
• Tile Cautery– Destroy tumors;
heated and applied to abnormal tissue to burn (cauterize the tissue away)
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So Many Tools…So Little Time…Cont’d
• Scalpels– used to make incisions
during surgery
• Probes/Curettes– mix various medicines– apply medicines during
surgery– scrape/clean damaged
tissue from a wound
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The Adventures of Medicus PetroBy: You!
• Choose any two medical instruments from the list
• Write a paragraph or two (in English) suggesting a plot twist to take place in our storyline, which would require the doctor Petro to use those two instruments! It can be a reimaging of the current storyline, or a new adventure involving other characters!
• Due Tomorrow!