ML100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Childbirth, Christine De Pizan, Bacon
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Often depicted as very primitive (bloodletting, magic, chanting, etc. ) Some modern conclusions based on what has been practiced in antiquity. Father of medicine hippocratic texts said to have burned down a medical library to cut out competition and has been accused of plagiarism. Focus on the patient, not the disease, preventative medicine if key, observation not fear. Food and drink connected closely to health and balance. Hippocratic oath- influential when christian europe picks it up. Each has its own season, element, bodily fluid, and temperature and texture. Dissection versus vivisection: dissection to encourage the understanding of the human anatomy, vivisection takes place when the patient is still alive. Roman medicine and herbal remedies- believed that their ancestors" prayers to the gods and remedies are what cured them. Usually women or slaves who do the work. Did have a better standard of living and hygiene, but their sewers are a major contribution to their health.
