Health, Medicine and Disease
Where does the word "disease" originate from?
From the Middle English word "Disese" meaning "Unease"
What is a pathogen?
An agent or organism that causes disease
What arose in early civilizations and cities?
Social hierarchies and divisions
Name two contributions that Greece made to Western civilization?
Politics, democracy, rhetoric, philosophy, literature, mathematics, and theater.
What writing describes a dissection of a goats brain?
On the Sacred Disease
What is the definition of Health?
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
What is historical demography?
The study of past populations of humans
What is the first known written language?
Cuneiform
Who is one of the healers in The Illiad?
Machaon
What is the primary function of a physician in Epidemics
First do no harm
What is Presentism
An example of presentism would be thinking that medieval doctors were dumb because of their belief in miasma theory
Who were vulnerable to fluctuations in food availability?
The poor
When did Egyptian civilizations roughly arise?
Third millennium B.C.E
Who is the Greek god of healing?
Apollo
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
A way of conduct and moral character for physicians
What is Alchemy?
Ancient branch of chemistry involving the transformation of matter
What are epidemic diseases?
Diseases that affect multiple geographic areas
Microcosm and Macrocosm
What does the snake represent in Western Civilization?
Duality of good and evil
What does the Hippocratic tradition focus on?
Observation and study that can answer all questions
What is Astrology?
Process of gaining information by studying the positions of celestial bodies
What is a virgin population?
A population with little to no immunity to a given disease
Natural and supernatural
Where did the ideas of humoral medicine originate?
Hippocratic writings
What does the Hippocratic text Aphorisms summarize?
The shortness of life with the longevity of science