HLTHAGE 2F03 Lecture : Lecture 1 & 2 (2012)
10 Jan 2012
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Earliest times in cultural traditions: form of health system (and other cultural identities) Basis of how people sought cures to reach health goals in own community setting. Illness caused by breaking taboo or individual inserting spiritual illness on another. Produce harmony of sea goddess to have abundant of food (performance not just with individual) People believed relics/objects could be venerated (held incredible power) Pilgrimages to incredible places to be in presence of holy bone. Thought faith-driven ideas of being healed by bones was appropriate, through many people together, it was perfect breeding ground for plagues. Apothecary islamic tradition (golden era while dark ages were plummeting) Balancing known and unknown life force energy of body. Basis of chinese medicine (one of the oldest and most complex and organized systems of medical thinking) Hippocrates was a physician (alexandrian school of greek medicine) Hippocrates focused on taking medical practice from religious healing and brought to secular world.
