Lesson 1
What is the #1 killer of man worldwide? Heart Disease. What is the #3 killer in the US? Infectious Disease.
What is the importance of MO in our world? List 6-8 reasons MO are important.
Can’t live in Germ Free World, Keeps Economy running, Agriculture, Medication, Baking, Cosmetics, Paints, Fertilizers, Helps develop immune system, Decomposition of dead plants and animals to enrich the soil.
What are the 4 groups of people most prone to getting a disease?
Very Young, Very Old, Pregnant, Immunocompromised.
What did we learn from the book of Leviticus in the Bible?
Our ancestors were _____ and _______. Hunters and Gathers
What 2 things brought the down fall of man? 1. Domestication of animals and animal diseases. 2. Contamination of his environment with his own excrement.
What method did the shamans and medicine men use to learn their trade?
Clean and dry is better then wet and dirty.
What did the city of Nippur contribute? 1st record of central community water and drainage system.
What did the Egyptians contribute? Cleanliness, did not eat meat, 1st to us biological weapons.
What were the humoral theories and what were the 4 humors and what did they represent?
Every Civilization humors in body out of balance. Must restore balance between 4 humors. 1. Yellow bile-Urine 2. Black bile-Digest feces 3. Phlegm-Respiratory 4. Blood-Circulatory
What did Alexander the Great learn from Aristotle? To Boil water before you drink it. Sanskrit Writing.
What did Hippocrates observed? Malaria peeks in Summer, Resp Infections peeks in Winter. Was a great observation but no experiment.
What did Galen say and why was this important? Purely Natural casues of diseases. Goes against Romans
What did the Romans contribute? Cities with sewers, aqueducts to bring clean water from mountains, public bath houses to stay clean.
What was the ruling principle of early Christian Europe?