History of Science 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Chloroform, Biological Determinism, Hand Washing

• School: Western University
• Department: History of Science
• Course: History of Science 2220
• Professor: Lawrence Burns

Document Summary

Consider the case of leroy high school. Mental state affecting the physical state behavioural difference. Feel different, may feel pain, no cause for pain, etc. Gynecology: a branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and routine physical care off the female reproductive system, tends to focus most on female health, with a primary focus on the reproductive anatomy. Equivalent for men: from de ketham"s fasciculus to william hunter"s anatomy of the gravid uterus , ovariotomy. Removal of the ovaries (1809: hysterectomy. Removal of the uterus and cervix: pap smear. Test for cancerous or pre-cancerous cells in the uterine cervix. Developed in 1943 by george papnicolau in the us. Now a part of routine primary health care. Obstetics: a branch of medical science that deals with birth and with its antecedents and sequelae. Midwives were always traditionally female, but later on men began to take over (rise of science and model of science as a basis for treatment)