HIST 249 Lecture 8: HIST 249 Lecture 8
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Body is valuable but nothing actually alive, thus the body can and was displayed. No objection of this by anyone; still used condemned criminals, specifically from outside the city to keep the honor of family. The people were reading galen during the dissection as it was a demonstration of his writings. Dissections only took place once a year, in the winter (for freshness ) and was essentially only done on the thorax region organs: had to be done very quickly to avoid spoiling. Identification with philosophy: systemization of medical knowledge proper science, rational style of argument and demonstration. Diagnosis/prognosis: decoding symptoms and signs (pulse, urine, explain them with framework of theory. Prescription of treatment: medication and procedures which can be justified by medical theory, know the cause can tell the cure. The key was that medicine could only be defined by medical theory that was learned at university. Doctors wanted a monopoly over diagnosis and prescription.