Humoral‚ Anatomical and Germ Theories of Disease: The influence on today’s health and wellness. In humoral theory‚ individual diseases did not exist how we see them today. It was thought that if one of the four humors was out of balance‚ it would result in disease. The four humors are black bile‚ yellow bile‚ blood and phlegm. The basic theory was that the imbalance of one of these four humors was the root cause of all disease. Anatomical theory of disease is one that fights against the humoral
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4.2 A child with a speech problem would probably be seen first by the health visitor at home who would then voice their concerns to a doctor‚ after being seen by a doctor‚ the doctor would give a medical diagnosis and if in their opinion the child needed more specialist help then they would refer the child to a specialist clinic for a more thorough diagnosis. Once the child had been diagnosed with a specific problem‚ then help could be arranged with other professionals‚ like speech therapists.
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Anatomy of the Future Andreas Vesalius August 1‚ 1539 After attending college at the University of Louvain‚ I moved to Padua to study for my doctorate. After being offered the chair of surgery and anatomy‚ I pursued my desire to research the anatomy. Although surgery and anatomy are considered of little importance in comparison to other branches of medicine‚ I believe that surgery must be grounded in anatomy. I have been given the opportunity to perform my research on the cadavers of executed
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My appreciation for local doctors grew immensely when my dad had an atrocious fall and broke his back. We were very fortunate to have experienced doctors less than forty miles away. When I saw how incredibly caring and genuine the doctors were with both my dad‚ my family‚ and I‚ I realized that I wanted to serve the people in New Mexico with the same care that we received in our stressful situation. When an unexpected injury occurs‚ people rely on the comfort of knowing that the help of doctors is
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Do No Harm Louis Lasagna created a modern retelling of the Hippocratic oath‚ which has the statement “I will apply‚ for the benefit of the sick‚ all measures that are required‚ avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.” This brings up the question of just how much control should a person have over their medical treatment. Does an individual get to decide what happens to them or should the medical doctor have final say on their patient’s treatment? As I have worked in
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As a medical student‚ it is apparent to me that we are constantly inundated with learning‚ be it physiology‚ anatomy‚ or biochemistry‚ but also at the forefront of our learning ought to be how to develop a compassionate approach to medicine and a commitment to the understanding of our patients. Doctors nowadays in the modern world are often perceived as brusque and indifferent‚ which are traits never to be envied in a physician. Galen believed that alongside all the scientific knowledge we are taught
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A Death Cure By: Nick Wong Medieval medicine was a blend of the herbal traditions of Germanic tribes‚ the superstition within the Catholic Church‚ and a growing body of practical‚ surgical‚ and medical knowledge. Medical schools were based off of the discoveries of Galen and Aristotle. Physicians were officially established in the Middle Ages when monasteries grew medicinal herbs to treat sick people. These monasteries were the first hospitals‚ and they used herbs to make medicine. Because medicine
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I would want to fudge the data for him because he is my family‚ and I would want to end his suffering. However‚ because my cousin is not my immediate family member‚ and also because his condition is not life-threatening‚ I would follow the principle of the Hippocratic oath that I took when I became a doctor‚ and not falsify data so someone who has a life threatening condition would not get the kidney. My answer would change if this was my best friend or siblings‚ but that is also why doctors should
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To the doctrine head office (date 12/11/2011) I Philip Nitschke have a proposition to request‚ that I believe should be supported by the doctor’s authority in this scenario. Recently a patient I was examining due to a painful joint in the right shoulder‚ a lovely man who is aged in his 80s‚ I had to find the upmost courage to tell this old‚ selfless man that he was going to die‚ and no time limit was known when he would pass. It could be a matter of weeks‚ months or years but knowing you have
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The Scam in Mercy Killing Imagine one of your family members is terminally ill and presumed she will die very shortly. This is a controversial topic where some people want to die with dignity. So many people can choose Euthanasia to assist them in dying peacefully. So many of these people approximately 3‚147 cases are put under this pressure to end their lives and say god-bye. Euthanasia is the putting to death by painless means or in Greek language it means a good death. Either you can do this
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