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Classical Studies 2900 Lecture Notes - Blood Transfusion, Pulmonary Vein, Lampsacus

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purplejackal117
1 May 2012
School
Western University
Department
Classical Studies
Course
Classical Studies 2900
Professor
Beate Gundert

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Hellenistic medicine began in the 3rd c. bc in alexandria, egypt. This was the time just after alexander the great. Ptolemy was interested in culture and founded a museum as a research institute. This research institute allowed people to conduct research for the sake of research. This was the first time dissection was performed. Human bodies were cut open and this was done on prisoners who were condemned to death. Their bodies were given to research for vivisection. He wrote a book on healthy lifestyle and treatment by diet and exercise, which was similar to the hippocratic collection. Praxagoras of cos (4th c. bc) elaborated humoral pathology, distinguished between arteries and veins, and had an interest in pulse as a diagnostic tool. He came up with 11 different humours and he was interested in anatomy. He believed fluids moved (pulse) and this could be used as diagnostic aid for changes in body.

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