BIOL 400 : Bio 400 Timeline.docx
9 Sep 2013
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May be source of asclepios (greek god of healing) Edwin smith papyrus (1600 bc; may go back to imhotep) The yellow emperor"s inner cannon (2nd century bc) illness natural causes. Disruption of chi; defined along meridians imbalance of yin and yang: yin female, yang male. Body is microcosm, world macrocosm: nature"s five phases (elements) Earth is disc surrounded on all sides by water. Originator of theory of four elements: fire, air, earth, water. Brain organ of thought, heart = courage, liver = sensuality. Born on cos moved to balkans and asia minor. Hippocratic method: observe all, study patient, not disease, evaluate honestly, assist nature. Established the lyceum in athens (334 bc) Matter is potential; form gives matter reality. Warm, fully cooked: catamenia material on which form or idea would act. Teleology: nature does nothing without a (divine) purpose. Heart was origin of soul and intelligence. Last known scholar of museum of alexandria. Connections between brain, spinal cord, and nerves.
