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Medical History
EW Medical Hist
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Graduate
10/29/2010

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Alexander the Great
Definition
Ruler that conquered all the mediteranian during warring periods

allowed great scientists to come together and discover/ create together
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Herophilus
Definition
Considered the founder of human anatomy

he was given permission to dissect human bodies, sometimes criminals
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Erasistratus
Definition
Considered the first physiologist

described the heart was a pump, 4 valves and origin of ateries and veins
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Qin Dynasty Dates
Definition
221 - 206 BC
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Ying Cheng
Definition
First emperor of china

brutal but successful military leader

collected & burned all historical writings except medical, drug, oracles, agricultural

unifided chia

became deranged from poising
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Arcagathus (Qin Dynasty)
Definition
Wound Surgeon

earned him the title "executioner"
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Confucius theory
Definition
classification and categorization is key
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System of correspondences and the Natural School
Definition
yin-yang, five phases
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Taoist theory
Definition
Dao-yin (Qi Gong)

cosmology

relationships with nature

alchemy

spiritual alchemy
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Religious Medicine
Definition
spells, Deities
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Zhang Daling
Definition
Founder of Celestial Masters school
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Trepanantion
Definition
hole in head to release deamons
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Edwin Smith
Definition
Trader of goods, found a medical treatise
thought to originate from 3,000-2,500 BC
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First Chinese Historical period?
Definition
Shang Dynasty
Term
Dynasty with first evidence of writing?
Definition
Shang
Term
Shang Ancestral Worship

Ti
Definition
TI = supreme, devine ancestor

only the king could communicate with Ti
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Disease
Definition
explination of an illness
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Sui
Definition
curse, illness caused by a direct ancestor
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Wu
Definition
Considered first healers in Shang Dynasty
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Zhou Dynasty Dates
Definition
1.045-221 BC

lived along yellow river, became strong agriculturally
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Wen Wang
Definition
begins thw Zhou Dynasty
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China's longest dynasty?
Definition
Zhou
Term
Lao Tzu, Confucius and Chuang Tzu
Definition
Lived during Spring & Autumn periods of Shang Dynasty
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Western Zhou
Definition
peaceful timeperiod
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Eastern Zhou
Definition
Began the decline of the dynasty
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Demonological Therapy
Definition
due to war it was believed demons could harm humans, the Wu became like shamans and performed exorcisims
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Ma Wangdui texts
Definition
mention acupuncture, moxa, blood letting, and channels, NOT acupoints
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Hippocrates
Definition
Father of Medicine (Zhou dynasty)

diagnosis based on palpation, olfaction, and listening

Rational medicine
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Rational Medicine
Definition
a negation of the devine intervention in disease
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Aristotle
Definition
gratest scientist & biologest og the ancient world

proposed DIET as a major theraputic modality
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Sushruta Samhita
Definition
bood describing traditons of sergery in Indian medicine
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Ma Wandui texts written during whice period?
Definition
warring states period
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