PSYC 314 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Biopsychosocial Model
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Mind body relationship: mind body relationship viewed through time. West = full circle : historical origins. 4 humours of fluids and associated temperaments (galen) Anton van leeuwenhoek (1632-1723): bacteria, microscopic life via microscopy . Giovanni morgagni (1682-1771): anatomical pathology via autopsies! Medicine: looked more to laboratory, less to the: shift from biomedical to biopsychosocial model. Biomedical and germ theory: 1800s, microorganisms found to be cause of disease. 1875: john tyndall explained antibacterial action of. 1877: louis pasteur postulated that bacteria could kill other baceria. 1897: ernest duchesne healed guinea pigs from typhoid using penicillium glaucium! 1928: alexander fleming discovered antibiotic penicillin from penicillium notatum!! 1932: gerhard domagk discovered prontosil (treatment of general bacterial infections) During 1940s and 50s: streptomycin, chloramphenicol and tetracycline discovered. Discovery of microorganisms development of antibiotic meds and vaccines (magic bullets) decrease dmortality prevalent causes of death no longer acute conditions life expectancy exploded. Alz, suicide, kidney: changing patterns of disease.
