BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Phenol, Parsley, Demonic Possession

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 1101
• Professor: William Ogilvie

Document Summary

Not use experiments, think about how the world works and how things will go. Only works if the information your using as the basis is correct. Healing was connected to superstition and magic. Body is made of 4 humors, based on incorrect idea that world is based on 4 elements. Become sick when the 4 humors are out of balance. Cured someone to create a balance between the 4. Looked for something that would give the opposite effect. Came up with bad cures, remove blood to cure sickness. Philosophy based on the wrong idea led to harmful and painful cures. Believed got has left clues for us on the planet for use to decode. Believed that since walnuts look like brains it would be beneficial to the brain. Boneset stems grow through the leaves appeared as if the stem goes through the leaves.