HLTA02H3 Lecture Notes - Hippocratic Corpus, Peloponnesian War, Social Stratification
4 May 2018
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Lecture 3:
Thucydides:
• Introduced scientific approach to the study of history in work “the history of the
Peloponnesian war
• Emphasized chronology, a neutral point of view that the human world is the result of
actions of people not divine intervention
• Commonly invoked in dominant account of western medicine and in histories of science
and technology
Karl Marxism:
• Proposed theory of historical materialism
• Emphasis: relationship between economic production, social institutions, and the
everyday life of people
• Focus: Traces issues of political and economic power operating within capitalist societies
• Criticism: no attention paid to other forms of social stratification
Social Histories:
• Emerged more recently
• Unite sociology, philosophy + economics
• Focus: history of societies social structure, processes, norms + trends
Methods of Analyses:
• Concerned with assessment = interpretation of evidence
• Relies on Primary sources: material written or compiled by people living in the time
period being studied
• Oral Histories: may focus on memory; useful when we want to learn about people’s
health beliefs, behaviors, experiences
Hippocrates (c.460 BC – c. 370 BC)
• Ancient Greek physician and philosopher
• “Father” of Western Medicine
Hippocratic Corpus:
• ancient guidelines for healthy living- health regimen
• Comprised of about 60 texts
• Covered many topics
• Emphasis on good food and drink
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Document Summary
Introduced scientific approach to the study of history in work the history of the. Peloponnesian war: emphasized chronology, a neutral point of view that the human world is the result of actions of people not divine intervention, commonly invoked in dominant account of western medicine and in histories of science and technology. Social histories: emerged more recently, unite sociology, philosophy + economics, focus: history of societies social structure, processes, norms + trends. Hippocrates (c. 460 bc c. 370 bc: ancient greek physician and philosopher, father of western medicine. Hippocratic corpus: ancient guidelines for healthy living- health regimen, comprised of about 60 texts, covered many topics, emphasis on good food and drink. Contributions: first document chest surgeon, categories of illnesses: acute, chronic, endemic, epidemic, language of western medicine: relapse, convalescence, always look for natural causes; moderation in all things, descriptions of symptomatology of certain conditions ex. Thoracic medicine: some of finding still relevant in pulmonary medicine and surgery.
