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Lessons from the Past
Concepts
People
Philosophy
Theories/Perspectives
100
Illness caused by evil spirits, Trephination, Demons and punishment by the gods cause illness
What is Prehistoric Medicine?
100
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
What is health?
100
Rejected ancient focus on mysticism & superstition, “Father” of western medicine, Humoral theory
Who is Hippocrates?
100
Philosophical viewpoint that mind and body are separate entities that do not interact
What is mind-body dualism?
100
Theory that the origins of diseases lie in the internal organs, musculature, and skeletal system of the body
What is anatomical theory of disease?
200
Founded on principle of internal harmony Qi — vital energy or life force Acupuncture, herbal therapy, meditation
Traditional Oriental Medicine
200
A virus, bacterium, or some other microorganism that causes a particular disease
What is pathogen?
200
Developed widely used system of pharmacology
Who is Claudius Galen?
200
Vital energy or life force in Traditional Oriental Medicine
What is Qi?
200
Theory that disease results from abnormalities in body cells
What is cellular theory?
300
Oldest known medical system, Health is a balance of bodily humors (doshas)
What is Ayurveda?
300
Disease that spreads rapidly within a community
What is epidemic?
300
Invented the Microscope
Who is Leeuwenhoek?
300
Complex phenomena derive ultimately from a single primary factor
What is reductionism?
300
Theory that disease is caused by microorganisms
What is germ theory?
400
bacterial disease carried by rodents that occurred during the Middle Ages
What is the plague?
400
The idea that illness always has a physical cause; Dominant view of twentieth-century medicine
What is the biomedical model?
400
He shaped Germ Theory
Who is Louis Pasteur?
400
The historic idea that mind and body are completely separate entities
What is Cartesian?
400
Theoretical perspective that focuses on how social and cultural factors contribute to health and disease
What is sociocultural perspective?
500
Reemergence of scientific inquiry and medical study
What is the Renaissance?
500
interdisciplinary field that integrates behavioral and biomedical science in promoting health and treating disease
What is behavioral medicine?
500
new focus on optimal, healthy human functioning
What is positive psychology?
500
Focus shifts from mysticism to the biological causes of disease
What is Post-Renaissance Rationality?
500
Theoretical perspective that focuses on gender-specific health problems and barriers to health care
What is gender perspective?