SOCI 425 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Galen, Hegemonic Masculinity, Social Epidemiology
15 Sep 2016
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Medicine: then and now: scientific medicine in 1800s (bloodletting) They would cut a vein and let the blood drain out in order to. 2 videos on ecampus that i need to watch. Scientific knowledge does not develop linearly (in a straight line) History of medicine is an example of this process. As time goes on the basic framework does not apply and the data does not fit into the initial theory. History of medicine part 1 (video: ancient times. People believed that diseases or illnesses were caused by demons or evil spirits. Treatment was guided by getting rid of the spirits: primitive times. Herb and plants were used as medicine. Trepantaion- was the treatment for insanity, epilepsy and headache. Would drill a hole into the skull to relieve the evil spirit. Average life span was 20 years: ancient egyptians- 3000 bc. Earliest people known to keep accurate medical records. The first physicians may have been imhotep.
