Ancient Greece
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- Created on: 28-04-15 14:03
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- Ancient Greece
- Who treated the sick?
- Women
- Asclepious
- They thought that the God of Healing Asclepious would heal them in their sleep.
- Causes
- Theory of the Four Humours
- Created by Hipppocrates
- The idea that each person has four humour, and if these were out of balance then you would become ill.
- Blood
- Black Bile
- Phlegm
- Yellow Bile
- Natural Causes
- They began to realise overtiredness could cause illness.
- They also realised that being overtired could cause things such as fever.
- They began to realise overtiredness could cause illness.
- Theory of the Four Humours
- Hippocrates
- Hippocratic Oath
- All doctors take this, Swears privacy and correct treatment.
- Four Humours
- Created a new cause of illness - moving away from supernatural methods
- Hippocratic Collection of Books
- Survived for thousands of years. Galen based his work off these
- Observation
- Encouraged doctors to observe their patient's condition. Lead to increased knowledge of illnesses.
- Some diseases such as measles and smallpox began to get told apart.
- Encouraged doctors to observe their patient's condition. Lead to increased knowledge of illnesses.
- Natural Treatments
- Hippocratic Oath
- Treatments
- Natural
- Hippocrates encouraged more natural treatments, as praying and religious methods didn't work.
- Natural Treatments
- Herbal Remedies
- Four Humours
- Purging
- Bleeding
- Hippocrates encouraged more natural treatments, as praying and religious methods didn't work.
- Supernatural
- Many people thought visiting temples and praying would cure them.
- Asclepious (Asclepion)
- Many people thought visiting temples and praying would cure them.
- Thought his two daughters, Hygeia and Panacea would visit. A snake would also heal them while they slept in this temple.
- Natural
- Staying Healthy
- Greeks were encourages to excerise
- Hippocrates accepted that some people would be too busy or poor to follow this sort of lifestyle, so were less healthy.
- Were encouraged to east and drink a balanced diet.
- Hippocrates accepted that some people would be too busy or poor to follow this sort of lifestyle, so were less healthy.
- Were encouraged to east and drink a balanced diet.
- Greeks were encourages to excerise
- Who treated the sick?
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