Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Medical contributors:
Hermann Boerhaave (1668-1738)
Dutch Hippocrates
Father of physiology
central figure of European medicine
greatest clinical teacher of his time
Boerhaave syndrome
( Iatrogenic/ vomiting)
2 kingdoms basing on
morphologic features
Binomial nomenclature:
giving scientific names to
biologic organisms by its genus
& species.
Ex. Human beings are Homo
sapiens
(psuedoscience), a system of
alternative medicine based on the
doctrine like cures like.
System of treatment involving the
Alexander Pope
preparations, collection of
specimens, coins & minerals
diseases
Originated the procedure for
iridodialysis
inventor
Water and alcohol
thermometer-temperature scale
were the freezing and
boiling
points of water were
set at 0
and 80 degrees
Investigated gastric juices
designed an egg incubator
Physiology
Discovered the collateral
circulation of the blood
operating in aneurysms
Raised status of surgery in
Britain
Orthopedic Surgery
autopsy
pathology
Adapted the traditional head to
toe presentation
Described appearances of post
mortem findings & correlated them
w/ the clinical picture
Published De Sedibus et Causis
Morborum (The Seats & Causes of
Diseases)
Other Discoveries
Ren Laennec (1781-1826)
French physician
Invented a simple stethoscope (cylinder)
Wrote De L Auscultation Mediate (On Mediate
Auscultation)
Specialized in diseases of the chest
mechanisms of labor
forceps
discipline
Midwifery
scientific footing
Turkey
Introduced Inoculation against
Pringle cont
Marketplace cont.
Venereal diseases (syphilis or lues & gonorrhea) were
caregivers to advertise.
3 Categories of Doctors
1. Physicians: medical degree from universities; wore
powdered wigs & carried gold headed canes; true heirs
of Hippocrates; diagnosed disease
2. Surgeons: trained by apprenticeship, attended extra
classes on anatomy; minor operations
Surgeon-apothecary: general practitioners supplying
compounded medicines; serving the rural areas
3. Apothecaries: sold medicines along with other products
(soap, spices, herbs, minerals)
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Powdered wigs
Summary:
education
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