History of Science 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Prehistoric Medicine, Human Body, Trepanning

• School: Western University
• Department: History of Science
• Course: History of Science 2220
• Professor: Dorotea Gucciardo

Document Summary

Shape of something perceives its function something is shaped how it is to perform a specific task (ears shaped to draw sound) Structure of the human body different parts, different components what are the relationships between those parts. Physiology: function of that structure what is that this thing do. Anatomy, now is a specialization you can specialize in this in med school. Regional anatomy specific area in the body. Anatomy can be broken down into different levels tissue level. Organ system where anatomy and physiology are connected. They are seeing the body as serious levels. Studying anatomy has taught us that form follows function . The idea of dissecting a human body was forbidden, mostly for religious reasons, political reasons and social reasons as well. Well then how do you learn about it, if you cannot dissect. Pre-history before things have been written do not have starting or ending points. View health and illness as super natural phenomenon superstitious.