and Grecian Times By: Alyson Bogart, Katie Horiuchi, Adina Cosden, Austin Luke, and Jason Chango
Dec 14, 2015
Pre-Greek and Grecian Times
By: Alyson Bogart, Katie Horiuchi, Adina Cosden, Austin Luke, and Jason Chango
Pre-Greek Physiology
• Early Stone Age cave paintings(about 30,000 years ago) show simple knowledge of anatomy of animals.
• Cave dwellers applied knowledge of animals’ anatomy on their own bodies.
• Anatomical animal dissections to tell futures and fortunes
Hippocrates
• Nicknamed “Father of Medicine”
• Hippocrates the discoverer of medicine as “a rational science.”
• His major contribution invention of prognosis • looking at the symptoms, comparing them, able to
evaluate the illness
Hippocrates• First to categorize illnesses• acute, chronic, endemic, and epidemic
• Invented medical terms:• Crisis, peak, relapse, and exacerbation•
• Credited for describing clubbing.• affects the fingers deformed.
• Created new methods for healing.
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Aristotle
• Born: 384 BC • Distinguished in Biology• Plato• Scientific Study of Life• Originator of Anatomy- knowledge• Physical Objects vs. Exhibit• Theory of Greek Medicine Doctrine of the Four Basic
Qualities• Balance & Homeostasis• Four Elements
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Aristotle Cont.
• Found science of comparative anatomy- unable to study inside structure of humans
• No Human dissections• Dissected over 50 species- 1st: chick• Heart & Vessels• Arteries & Veins• Essentials of Body (dissection)• Similar Parts Function• First Rank: Structure Description • Inaccuracies• Huge influences on many scientists• Contribution to human/comparative anatomy- ENORMOUS
Herophilus
• Father of anatomy
• Medical training from Praxagoras
• One of the firsts anatomists
• First to dissect humans and animals, discovering many mysteries about the body
• Wrote about nine works
• Helped set basis for anatomists
Erasistatus• Born on the island of chios
• Erasistratus Around 250 b.C.
• Differentiated between cerebrum and cerebellum.
• Distinguished motor vs. sensory nerves.
• Theory that parts of the body supplied with nutrients and blood through veins and capillaries.
• Found function of the epiglottis & the valves of the heart.
Works Cited
• Works Cited
• Anat, Clin. "Result Filters." National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 5 July 2007. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.
• Carola, Robert. "A Short History of Human Anatomy." Human Anatomy. McGraw-Hill Press, n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.
• "Erasistratus Of Ceos (Greek Physician)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 16 Sept. 2013.
• Greek Medicine: Hippocrates. David K. Osborn, 6 Mar. 2007. Web. 13 Sept. 2013. <http://www.greekmedicine.net/whos_who/Hippocrates.html>.
• Hippocrates Contributions to Modern Medicine. N.p., 7 June 2006. Web. 13 Sept. 2013. <http://myweb.usf.edu/~ldambly/contributions>.
• "Herophilus Definition." Herophilus. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.
• "Herophilus (Greek Physician)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica,
n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.
• "Herophilus (Meaning Of)." Herophilus (Meaning Of). N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.
10Works Cited Cont.
• Lennox, James, Lennox,. "Aristotle's Biology." Stanford University. Stanford University, 15
Feb. 2006. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.
• "Result Filters." National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of
Medicine, n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.
• Runes, Dagobert D., and David K. Osborn. "ARISTOTLE." Greek Medicine: Aristotle. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.
11URL’s for Pictures
• http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z3e2i873CxE/TIPJkgV5OfI/AAAAAAAAACc/t7gHqunTxsY/s400/aristotle_atom_model.gif
• http://mrsvesseymathematicians.wikispaces.com/Aristotle
• http://martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/aristotle.html
• http://everythingaboutpsychology-rohitgurung.blogspot.com/2011/11/hippocrates-early-medical-concepts.html
• http://the8words.com/?attachment_id=316
• http://theamt.com/anatomy_and_physiology_links.htm
• http://spyrates.blogspot.com/2010/05/essentials-of-anatomy-and-physiology.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_painting
• http://www.greektravel.com/greekislands/kos/hippocrates.html
URL’s for Pictures cont.
• http://mrsvesseymathematicians.wikispaces.com/Aristotle
• http://dejeka.wz.cz/herophilus-of-chalcedon
• http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/public-dissection.jpg
• http://www.cts.usc.edu/hpg-valvesoftheheart.html
• http://www.glogster.com/msimms22/hippo/g-6km029lbumbeggk5sth81a0
• http://coolcrates.tumblr.com
• http://jessicanesbittnd.com/naturopathic-medicine/naturopathic-doctor’s-oath/
• http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/lung_and_airway_disorders/symptoms_of_lung_disorders/clubbing.html
• http://you-and-i-have-chemistry-3.blogspot.com
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