ANT220H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Senescence, Constipation, Socalled
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Anthropology has its roots to ancient scholars who wrote about the human condition. Ethnographic descriptions of people they encountered: social encounters. Greek philosopher aristotle; student of plato teacher of alexander. Aristotle created the concept of great chain of being with humans at the top: taxonomy criteria to anthropology. Greek physician hippocrates, a teacher of medicine concept of balance or equilibrium humoral theory of health: blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm. Roman writer celsius author of text de medicina" on diet, pharmacy, surgery cardinal signs of inflammation calor (temperature), dolo(pain), tumor(swelling), rubor (redness) Roman physician galen studied at the temple of asklapias pneumal theory (precursor of miasma theory) air infulences health anatomical study of gladiators practice of bleeding or bloodletting because bio medicine has powerful influence of western. 14th- 15th century the renaissance more peaceful time in europe improvements in technology make longer sea voyages possible invention of the printing press helped increase amount of people learning important people:
