ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cultural Anthropology, Miasma Theory, Phlegm
4 Jul 2017
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Medical anthropology: study of human health and disease, health care systems, bicultural adaptation, traditionally a subdivision of cultural anthropology, ethnomedecine. Cross-cultural study of health and health systems. What is a health system? : all cultures have a health system. Perceptions and experiences of a health problem: disease. Explanatory models: explanatory models for why we get sick are products of culture, hippocrates (ancient greek, based on balance of the humours. Four humours: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile. Blockage or misdirection of blood, air, feces & water in the body causes disease. Excess heat & moisture (fever, sweating, cough: blood-letting restored balance, illness came from being out of humour , no disease speci city. Hot-cold theory of disease: important aspect of latin-american folk medical practice, emphasis on a body in balance. Sunday, january 15, 2017: koch & pasteur, different diseases caused by different germs, disease caused by damage to tissues.
