BB H 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Louis Pasteur, Ignaz Semmelweis, Postpartum Infections

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Before we had written records, cave paintings/human skeletons that humans have constantly struggled with diseases. Images of figures of medicine man who have this ability to heal (ex: modern day doctor) Archaeology evidence that people did surgery (ex: in 1800s, skulls in archeology sites that had holes cut out of heads. Holes would been scraped into a square because they thought demons were possessing human and by cutting hole it would be better) Romans realized importance of freshwater, didn"t know why dirty water was bad but knew it was bad. Hippocrates approached diseases scientifically (ex: often wrong, but saw that applies was caused by brain not connecting to heaven) Hippocrates developed humoral theory: balancing body in different ways. If imbalanced, figuring out why and how to get it balanced. Ellipse was too much phlegm in the brain. Galen conducted many dissections to expand knowledge of anatomy. Developed theories on medicine and physiology that remained dominant for well over.

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