Classical Studies 2900 Study Guide - Final Guide: Phlegm, Hypocaust, Heartburn

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Greek and roman medicine final exam: concepts: methodos (greek) or methodus (latin) In order to study the methodist development, pre-socratics must quickly be considered. Democritus developed a system in which the world consists of a combination of atoms which come together to make up the parts that we can see. Epicurus and lucretius also believe in this atomic system. B. c. , asclepiades established a similar system as the atoms for the body, saying that the body consists of little bodies (corpuscles) which by their contribution form passages. Through these passages, oth- er corpuscles pass in the form of bodily fluids (blood or pneuma). Health consists of a proper relationship between pas- sages and fluids and disease consists of a disturbance of this relationship. They are: status strictus (stricture, status laxus (solution, status mixtus (combination of both) Methodists would determine which condition the disease is characterized by and treat to oppose the condition with an opposite effect.

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