health and the people
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- Health and people c1000
- Ancient Greece
- Hippocrates
- Surgery and anatomy
- Hippocrates and his followers wrote the Hippocratic Corpus which was the first detailed list of symptoms and treatments. They were used for many centuries.
- Doctor and teacher of doctors on the island of Cos
- Encouraged natural treatments
- Believed the body contained four humours; blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. The body was healthy when they were balanced and it would release the excess when they were unbalanced. They were linked with the seasons.
- Observed and monitored patients before treating them-this is still done today. Doctors also swear the Hippocratic oath regarding patient confidentiality and treatment of the sick.
- Hippocrates
- Roman Empire
- Galen
- Dissected animals togain a better understanding of the body, but wrongly assumed that the human body was the same.
- Observed human skeletons
- He wrote books combining Greek ideas with his own. These became the basis of medical teaching for the next 1500 years. Nobody questioned them.
- He proved that the brain controls the body
- He made discoveries about the nervous system and anatomy of animals
- Balanced humours with 'opposites'
- He made public demonstration
- Galen
- Ancient Greece
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