HCSV 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mary Baker Eddy, Daniel David Palmer, Lemuel Shattuck
31 Aug 2016
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Chapter 1: egyptians- use of prescriptions (castor oil, opium, saffron); water and sewer systems; checked pulse, body temp. , and respirations; cleanliness; earth closets. Hebrews- segregation of lepers; fumigation; waste disposal; food protection. Rome- census; building codes; eliminating decaying goods; paving streets; drainage networks; garbage removal; sewer systems; public baths; protected water supply. Renassance- circulation of blood- william harvey; microscope- anton van. Demonic: st. augustine all diseases are to be ascribed to demons (350 a. d. ); trephination; today exorcism, voodoo, psychiatry (id) Religious: aids from god; faith healing; mary baker eddy and christian science. Humoral: (black & yellow bile, phlegm, blood: melancholic, choleric, phlegmatic, sanguine; today homeostasis: walter canon. Miasmatic: disease caused by bad vapors (miasma; malaria) in the air. Magnetic: mesmerism, astrology, magnets, polarity therapy, dowsers, cat scans, mri. Germ theory: most productive to date, pasteur & koch; three modes of transmission: a. i. 1.
