HISTORY 3S03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Mania, Gynaecology, Scientific Method
17 Sep 2016
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The greatest benefit to mankind: a medical history of humanity (new york: w. w. norton co. , 1998), 44-82. 3000 bc: some of the world"s first civilizations. Mesopotamian kingdoms had healing practices; clay tablets containing diagnoses and remedies. Chief text: the treatise of medical diagnosis and prognosis: 3000 entries on 40 tablets. Framework of disease interpretation was often omen-based; inspection of liver of animals because the liver was regarded as the seat of life. Medical practice mixed religious rites and empirical treatments: 3 types of healers: seer: specialized in divination, priest: performed incantations and exorcisms, physician: employed drugs and did bandaging/surgery. Code of hammurabi: medical instructions for physicians: fees for trratment, adjusting rewards scale according to patient"s rank, fines for incompetence or failure. To the mesopotamain people, disease was caused by spirit invasion, sorcery, malice, or the breaking or taboos: sickness was both judgement or punishment. Mummification: preserve the body intact, extracted organs through small incisions: brain removed through nose by hooks.
