ANCIENT GREEK MEDICINE
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- ANCIENT GREEK MEDICINE
- Asclepions
- ANCIENT GREEK MEDICINE
- Why were some patients cured?
- Hippocrates
- The Theory of the Four Humours
- The Theory of the Four Humours
- Temples created so people could pray to the gods when they were ill, as they thought they caused disease
- Asclepions
- Why were some patients cured?
- The ideas for healing inside the Asclepia were very supernatural
- Asclepions
- The ideas for healing inside the Asclepia were very supernatural
- The power of positive thinking
- They believed that having balanced humours in the body meant you were healthy, and if not they used the theory to try and cure you
- Element
- Earth, air, water, fire
- Characteristics
- Cold & dry, hot & wet, cold & wet, hot & dry
- Season
- Autumn, spring, winter, summer
- Humour
- Black bile, blood, phlegm, yellow bile
- Earth, air, water, fire
- Cold & dry, hot & wet, cold & wet, hot & dry
- Autumn, spring, winter, summer
- Black bile, blood, phlegm, yellow bile
- He believed in natural thinking and treatments
- Hippocrates
- Hippocrates
- He knew that some illnesses are due to their diet, work, exercise, sleep and environment
- He felt it was important to ask about symptoms, examine the patient carefully, ignore nothing and make a note of everything
- Started the 'Hippocratic Oath' that a surgeon would not operate unless the patient had a good chance of survival
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