History of Science 2151F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Techne, Babylonia, Odysseus
21 Dec 2015
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Wrote the ethics iliad (the battle for troy) and odyssey (10 year journey back home, more fairy tale but also talks about everyday life. Written in the old period 800-500 bc. History derived from the queen and latin word historia: means to see and also to know, give an account about the event, different speakers give different reports. Medicine comes from latin word mederi meaning to heal: could also mean to heal the person relationship to his. Physician derived from the greek word meaning nature iatros. Greek word of disease is nosos- death is preferred to this state environment (god) (getting old and shriveling up) Techne- is the greek word for skill or profession (medicine is a profession) 2 anthropologic interpretations of medicine: magico-religious medicine- has magic and religion, forces and the gods that may have an effect on the body ex.
