Hippocrates
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- Created on: 09-04-14 18:36
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- Why was Hippocrates so important?
- The Hippocratic Oath
- Created by Hippocrates the give people confidence in doctors
- So doctors understood they have to keep high standards of treatment and behaviour
- Decisions that benefit the patient, not the doctor
- They have to swear by all the gods they will keep this oath
- Hippocratic Book Collection
- Detailed lists of symptoms and treatments
- Observing and Recording
- Hippocrates showed it was very important to observe and record
- This was so doctors were more likely to choose the right cure and find the cause of the problem.
- The notes taken could then be used for further patients
- Natural Treatments
- He looked for natural treatments because there were natural causes.
- Treatments such as change of diet, exercise, rest and if this doesn't work, balancing humours
- Four Humours
- When the humours are balanced we are well but when unbalanced, we fall sick
- Blood
- Phlegm
- Black Bile
- Yellow Bile
- Seasons
- Sickness is linked to the time of year
- eg. Cold, moist symptoms are typical of winter; a cold, moist season
- The Hippocratic Oath
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