who are punished with eternity in an inferior form of Heaven. They live in a castle with seven gates which symbolize the seven virtues. Here‚ Dante sees many prominent people from classical antiquity such as Homer‚ Socrates‚ Aristotle‚ Cicero‚ Hippocrates and Julius Caesar. second circle In the Second Circle of Hell‚ Dante and his companion Virgil find people who were overcome by lust. They are punished by being blown violently back and forth by strong winds‚ preventing them to find peace and rest
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bringing the unity of the four elements Khaos: Chaos‚ opposite * Aristotle: 4 other factors which brought out effects in the universe (phenomena) * Dry * Wet * Cold * Hot * Hippocrates: 4 bodily humors * Blood * Phlegm * Yellow bile * Black bile Teleological: Things have a purpose Deductive: Understanding from a general perspective to the specific. Aristotle: * There were
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falsely referring to the Hippocratic Oath "first‚ do no harm" however‚ this phrase is not in the original oath nor the modern version of the oath (“Bioethics”). Around 14 percent of modern adaptations of this oath still prohibit euthanasia (Tyson). Hippocrates himself was one of the first physicians to secularize medicine‚ he acknowledged medicine as a branch of science that is unconnected to
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affected by it. Abraham Lincoln suffered from “melancholy”‚ known today as clinical depression. Melancholia - clinical depression is a fairly modern term. Hippocrates‚ known as the father of Western medicine‚ described a syndrome of "melancholia". He said melancholia was a distinct disease with specific physical and mental symptoms. Hippocrates characterized it as "(all) fears and despondencies‚ if they last a long time" as being symptomatic of the illness. How common is clinical depression? - Nobody
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The Fluidity of Neuroscience Gender Norms & Racial Bias in the Study of the Modern "Neuroscience" Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. Traditionally‚ neuroscience has been seen as a branch of biology. However‚ it is currently an interdisciplinary science that collaborates with other fields such as chemistry‚ computer science‚ engineering‚ linguistics‚ mathematics‚ medicine and allied disciplines‚ philosophy‚ physics‚ and psychology. The term neurobiology is usually used
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the four humors (Jung‚ 1990‚ p.531). A Greek physician‚ Claudius Galen (AD130 - 200)‚ distinguished four basic temperaments: the sanguine‚ the phlegmatic‚ the choleric‚ and the melancholic. Galen’s theory goes back to the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates’ (460 - 370BC)‚ who described physical illness as being caused by the balance of bodily fluids‚ or humors as he labelled them’ (Maltby‚ et al‚ 2007‚ p.159). These bodily fluids are blood‚ black bile‚ yellow
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What is herbal medicine? Herbal medicine is also called botanical medicine or phytomedicine -- refers to using a plant’s seeds‚ berries‚ roots‚ leaves‚ bark‚ or flowers for medicinal purposes. Herbalism has a long tradition of use outside of conventional medicine. It is becoming more mainstream as improvements in analysis and quality control along with advances in clinical research show the value of herbal medicine. History of herbal medicine: The use of plants as medicines predates written
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when there is no medical benefit from the treatment they are receiving‚ and that there will be no improvement if they are in a permanent vegetative state. Although the concept of medical futility dates back in the Ancient Greek days with physician Hippocrates‚ it has only recently (in the past 40 years) become a controversial topic. The issue of medical futility is important because it deals with many issues such as patient-physician relationship‚ financial resources‚ and most importantly it deals with
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Evangelista David Cheysser Layno Lean Lester Goopio Introduction Of the many tools and instruments regarded as essential to the clinical examination‚ none has had such widespread application as the clinical thermometer. In the time of Hippocrates‚ only the hand was used to detect the heat or cold of the human body‚ although fever and chills were known as signs of morbid processes. In Alexandrine medicine‚ the pulse was observed as an index of disease‚ superseding the crude assessment of
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Phlebotomy never required anyone who performed the procedure‚ to have schooling to be known as a “phlebotomist” until the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) was established in the year 1988. Phlebotomy also known as bloodletting is one of the oldest medical practices dating all the way back through thousands of years and connected to many different cultures such as the Greeks‚ the Mayans‚ and the Egyptians. The purpose was to cure a person suffering from some kind of disease or condition
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