Pre-Greek and Grecian Times

By: Alyson Bogart, Katie Horiuchi, Adina Cosden, Austin Luke, and Jason Chango

Pre-Greek Physiology

• Early Stone Age cave paintings(about 30,000 years ago) show simple knowledge of anatomy of animals.

• Cave dwellers applied knowledge of animals’ anatomy on their own bodies.

• Anatomical animal dissections to tell futures and fortunes

Hippocrates

• Nicknamed “Father of Medicine”

• Hippocrates the discoverer of medicine as “a rational science.”

• His major contribution invention of prognosis • looking at the symptoms, comparing them, able to

evaluate the illness

Hippocrates• First to categorize illnesses• acute, chronic, endemic, and epidemic

• Invented medical terms:• Crisis, peak, relapse, and exacerbation•

• Credited for describing clubbing.• affects the fingers deformed.

• Created new methods for healing.

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Aristotle

• Born: 384 BC • Distinguished in Biology• Plato• Scientific Study of Life• Originator of Anatomy- knowledge• Physical Objects vs. Exhibit• Theory of Greek Medicine Doctrine of the Four Basic

Qualities• Balance & Homeostasis• Four Elements

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Aristotle Cont.

• Found science of comparative anatomy- unable to study inside structure of humans

• No Human dissections• Dissected over 50 species- 1st: chick• Heart & Vessels• Arteries & Veins• Essentials of Body (dissection)• Similar Parts Function• First Rank: Structure Description • Inaccuracies• Huge influences on many scientists• Contribution to human/comparative anatomy- ENORMOUS

Herophilus

• Father of anatomy

• Medical training from Praxagoras

• One of the firsts anatomists

• First to dissect humans and animals, discovering many mysteries about the body

• Wrote about nine works

• Helped set basis for anatomists

Erasistatus• Born on the island of chios

• Erasistratus Around 250 b.C.

• Differentiated between cerebrum and cerebellum.

• Distinguished motor vs. sensory nerves.

• Theory that parts of the body supplied with nutrients and blood through veins and capillaries.

• Found function of the epiglottis & the valves of the heart.

Works Cited

• Works Cited

• Anat, Clin. "Result Filters." National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 5 July 2007. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.

• Carola, Robert. "A Short History of Human Anatomy." Human Anatomy. McGraw-Hill Press, n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.

• "Erasistratus Of Ceos (Greek Physician)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 16 Sept. 2013.

• Greek Medicine: Hippocrates. David K. Osborn, 6 Mar. 2007. Web. 13 Sept. 2013.      <http://www.greekmedicine.net/whos_who/Hippocrates.html>.

• Hippocrates Contributions to Modern Medicine. N.p., 7 June 2006. Web. 13 Sept.      2013. <http://myweb.usf.edu/~ldambly/contributions>.

• "Herophilus Definition." Herophilus. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.

• "Herophilus (Greek Physician)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica,

n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.

• "Herophilus (Meaning Of)." Herophilus (Meaning Of). N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.

10Works Cited Cont.

• Lennox, James, Lennox,. "Aristotle's Biology." Stanford University. Stanford University, 15

Feb. 2006. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.

• "Result Filters." National Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of

Medicine, n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.

• Runes, Dagobert D., and David K. Osborn. "ARISTOTLE." Greek Medicine: Aristotle. N.p.,

n.d. Web. 12 Sept. 2013.

11URL’s for Pictures

• http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_z3e2i873CxE/TIPJkgV5OfI/AAAAAAAAACc/t7gHqunTxsY/s400/aristotle_atom_model.gif

• http://mrsvesseymathematicians.wikispaces.com/Aristotle

• http://martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/aristotle.html

• http://everythingaboutpsychology-rohitgurung.blogspot.com/2011/11/hippocrates-early-medical-concepts.html

• http://the8words.com/?attachment_id=316

• http://theamt.com/anatomy_and_physiology_links.htm

• http://spyrates.blogspot.com/2010/05/essentials-of-anatomy-and-physiology.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_painting

• http://www.greektravel.com/greekislands/kos/hippocrates.html

URL’s for Pictures cont.

• http://mrsvesseymathematicians.wikispaces.com/Aristotle

• http://dejeka.wz.cz/herophilus-of-chalcedon

• http://www.toptenz.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/public-dissection.jpg

• http://www.cts.usc.edu/hpg-valvesoftheheart.html

• http://www.glogster.com/msimms22/hippo/g-6km029lbumbeggk5sth81a0

• http://coolcrates.tumblr.com

• http://jessicanesbittnd.com/naturopathic-medicine/naturopathic-doctor’s-oath/

• http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/lung_and_airway_disorders/symptoms_of_lung_disorders/clubbing.html

• http://you-and-i-have-chemistry-3.blogspot.com

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