C C 306M Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Ancient Greek Medicine, Humorism, Phlegm
18 Oct 2016
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Four elements: thermos hot, psychros cold, pyr, pyros re, fever, ge, geon earth, aer, aeros air. Four humors: hydor, hydators, hydr- water, haima, haimatos blood, chole bile, phlegm, phlegmatos phlegm. Ancient greek medicine: prophylactic guarding before, preventative, therapeutic, evacuation: taking blood out of the area, diversion: taking blood away from an area to control bleeding, cupping: pulls out blood more effectively. Blood: l. sanguis, sanguinis (m. ) blood, l. serum whey, hematocrit separating blood, ser/o blood serum (clear bodily uid, gr. plasma anything molded or formed. Red blood cells: microcytosis small rbcs, reticulocytosis rbcs with a net look, macrocytosis large rbcs, acanthocytosis (echinocytosis) thorny-looking, anisocytosis rbcs of different sizes, poikilocytosis rbcs with irregular shapes. Dyes and testing: -phil (gr. philos love) attraction to, tendency towards, craving for; when dye shows up, neutrophil neither acidic nor basic, eosinophil shows up in rose-colored dye, basophil basic solution.
