HLTHAGE 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Genetic Testing, Pharmaceutical Industry, Polypharmacy
12 Oct 2017
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Is the idea that each disease ha some very specific cause, usually ha an evolution, sy specific. All disease has some physical manifestation (happens in cells) The authority of catholic church is under attack. They talked about how to treat the body and now were under attack. How they could apply scientific method to understand things. Shifted focus from person story to measurable stuff. When you had many types of healer, at one point they were all equal but now the b. All of the people using the new skill , set a list of rules , follow them to call you gateway, had to go to school. Very effective of pushing people out (other healers) Body seen as controllable through strict regimen- those who behave do not get sick. They were not very important until after the rise. Medicine as social control: advice on aspects of everyday life.
