History of Science 2151F/G Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Palpation, Autopsia, Epicurus
11 Dec 2015
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1st c. bc 1st c ad (methodist) Acute is a swift" (brief and severe) diseases. Themison of laodicea (1st c. bc/1st c. ad) was the first to truly establish acute and chronic diseases, acute disease can be with and without fever such as anemia. Soranus of ephesus (1st c. ad) applied acute and chronic diseases to his theories. Caelius of aurelianus (4th c. ad) wrote a book on acute and chronic diseases based of soranus. Important to the period because it establishes that greeks were able to depict a difference between a shorter and longer disease. Relates to hippocratic medicine and the characterized attacks of an acute disease would be a crisis. Look at source #187 and week 9 note. Antidote is suppose to counteract another medicine and have positive healing feelings. It is effective against fatal drugs and was a composite drug, that had many ingredients 60+
