Medicine Through Time Revision Guide Produced by Homewood History Department UNIT 1A : Medicine and Treatment Your first exam is the Medicine & Treatment paper. The results of this paper make up 25% of your final grade. The exam lasts for 1 ¼ hours. You need to answer 5 questions from this paper and there is a total of 50 marks. Very roughly‚ you should allow 1 minute per mark. Types of questions you will be asked: Question 1 (4 marks) This is a short‚ compulsory inference question:
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discount this treatment as useless‚ or could there be something gained from it? When should a physician step in to stop a cultural practice? Should the physician be concerned about alienating the mother and other people of her ethnicity from modern medicine? Do you think that the physician should report the mother? RESPONSE Points to consider: Mother’s belief in the cultural practice Boy suffering from bruises but enduring until doctor’s touch Positive use of warm oil (aromatic oils) Role of
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There is growing interest in traditional medicine‚ complementary and alternative medicine (TCAM). According to WHO TCAM is a health practice‚ approach‚ knowledge and beliefs in cooperating plant‚ animal and mineral based medicines‚ spiritual therapies‚ manual techniques and exercises‚ applied singularly or in combination to treat‚ diagnose and prevent illness or maintain wellbeing. Kenya is a rich source of natural resources that can greatly improve primary health care of our people. Success stories
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The Growth of Medicine in the American Civil War The Civil War brought change to American medical care due to troubles soldiers faced on the battlefield. The camps and battlefields were ridden with‚ poor sanitation‚ tight quarters‚ and many contagious and infectious diseases for which there was no immunization. 200‚000 soldiers died of battle injuries‚ however‚ diseases such as dysentery‚ typhoid fever‚ small pox‚ and malaria‚ made up ⅔ of the casualties in the war. (Dixon). In addition‚ there was
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fact‚ the number of patients who have used traditional medicine to cure their health is increasing. This essay will examine some of the arguments for and against alternative medicine. There are two main ideas in support of alternative medicine. The first important arguments is herbal medicine is from nature. Therefore‚ there are many advantages such as it has less side-effect than Western medicine. One other reason people use traditional medicine is that it has been used for a long time. For example
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and 1992‚ infectious diseases nearly halved. These statistics clearly show that modern medicine has advanced so much alongside with the new treatments and marvelous surgery (Porter‚ 1997). Medicine has become one of the most important aspect of humans‚ which no other species acquire. The root of medicine may be found in the philosophical and religious traditions it have grown out of. “Traditional medicine is the sum total of the knowledge‚ skills‚ and practices based on the theories‚ beliefs
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The use of Traditional Medicine can save lives: Easy and Affordable Specific Purpose: To inform my audiences about the two major ways to use Traditional Medicine at home. Central Idea: The two major ways to use Traditional Medicine at home are using alternatives medicines‚ and basic knowledge. Introduction 1) By a show of hands‚ how many of you like medicine? A) Did you know that according to article of 2011 talks about the 25 percent of the world’s medicines contain extracts from leaves
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Herbal and Nutritional Medicine Herbal medicines are certain types of medicines which are purely made by herbs. They don’t have any side effects‚ mainly because most of them are found in nature and are not harmful to the human body. Many well established medicines originally come from plants which is very interesting and completely opposite of different medicines which are made in labs. For example‚ the painkiller morphine comes from poppies‚ aspirin comes from the bark of willow trees and dioxin
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Use of Marijuana As Medicine If your every waking moment was consumed by pain and nausea‚ wouldn ’t you ask for medication? What if the only medication legally available would leave you unconscious or do nothing at all? If you were the one suffering‚ would you resort to the only treatment that allowed you to live normally even though it was illegal? Thousands of people across the country are forced to break the law to ease their pain. They have chosen marijuana over anything legally available
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Medicine has changed greatly since the medieval times. During the medieval times people worried about their health and what they could do to avoid sickness‚ or relieve symptoms if they did become sick. Medieval medicine was basic in an era when atrocious illnesses such as the Black Death that killed about one third of the population. Medicine was limited during the medieval time. There were no antibiotics‚ which meant it was almost impossible to cure illnesses‚ and diseases without them. Doctors
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