PSB-2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: De Humani Corporis Fabrica, Hippocratic Oath, Herophilos
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We don"t know much about what ancient people thought of the brain. Some cultures praciced trepanning- sharp stone tool to make a hole in the skull. 17th century bce- wounds to the head cause behavioral problems: treat based on symptoms. However the brain wasn"t regarded as an important organ. A great physician of the ancient world: a founder of clinical medicine, invented the hippocraic oath. Illness is a result of imbalance of one of the four humors. The brain is the seat of intelligence, emoion, sensaion, and movement. Paralysis on one side of the body is caused by brain damage on the opposite side. Plato (429-347 bce; theory of forms: the brain is the seat of the mind, look, it"s a sphere. It is the heart: the heart beats faster when you"re excited, not the brain. Herophilos (335-280 bce: ive cut open a lot of brains so you can trust me, its all about the ventricles, animal spirit.
