CHEM 3B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hippocratic Oath, Evil Eye, Humorism
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Early man - prehistoric times: sought supernatural explanations for catastrophic events; felt demons/spirits control events. Evil eye as solution bc window to the soul can"t stare into someone"s soul akak store in the eye. Trephination: when holes are cut into people"s heads to release evil spirits. If died, said should gone earlier, if worked then took credit. Hippocrates (460 - 377 bc: greek physician who is considered to be the father of medicine. Ethical principles when treating patient; can"t experiment or cause harm. Medicine in the middle ages (~400 - ~1400 ad: period between the decline of rome and the beginning of the middle ages. Dark ages (aka medieval period) for first 600 years: western europe: because of raids and wars, cities were walled in defense which became filthy and disease-ridden; very little advancement in medicine. Thought black cats caused plague, but rats were the real culprit. Doctors dressed in beak smelled like vinegar to cover smell of dying/dead.
