HPS319H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hospital Medicine, Theodor Schwann, Medical Laboratory
12 Dec 2012
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Two major categories; hospital and laboratory medicine- landmarks of modern medicine: hospital medicine- led to new view of the body and collection of symptoms. Open space ; patients and families allowed to enter and cook: laboratory medicine- explain body on cellular level, and describe its function as dynamic processes, by means of physiology and chemistry. Lab is a defined space and theory, methodology and technology. Shift in the medical representation of medical practitioners. Increasing use in instruments and measurement; and silencing of patients. From the body to parts in the cell. Theodor schwann 1838- cell placed at the centre of life- cell is basic living unit. Rudolph virchow- cellular pathology- cell is basic foundation for scientific medicine: all diseases result from the disruption of some function in the cell. Said that a lot of disease is ambiguous when looking at individuals. Can try to get a more reliable account of disease.
