Summary AQA health and the people revision cards doctors and influential people
0 view 0 purchase
Course
History
Institution
GCSE
Each card contain a description of each individual and their contribution to medicine for the AQA GCSE History course. They include their long and short term impacts which is very useful information to include in your essays.
influential doctors and surgeons for gcse medicine
Written for
GCSE
GCSE
History
1
All documents for this subject (1330)
Seller
Follow
emaanmahmood
Content preview
Who’s who?
Medicine through time
,GREEKS DISEASE &
Hippocrates INFECTION
Hippocrates was a Greek philosopher 460BC
to 377BC known as the ‘father of medicine’
Image
SHORT TERM
Theory of the four humours based on the ideas of greek philosophers like Thales,
Anaximander, Pythagoras and Aristotle
Everything made from 4 elements – earth, air, water and fire.
Applied to the human body – blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile.
An imbalance caused illness
Using clinical observation the doctor tried to bring the four humours back into balance
eg bleeding or purging.
The Hippocratic Oath – doctors promised to give their best treatment not to harm
LONG TERM
the patient and keep everything confidential.
Created the Hippocratic collection (books which passed on his ideas to later
generations)
Clinical observations – doctor had to study his patients carefully ‘Observation,
Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment’
Hippocrates rejected the ideas of gods or magic
Religion – people still believed in
the Gods
Communication
LIMITATIONS
FACTORS
Nobody questions the ideas for
2000 years
, MEDIEVAL DISEASE &
Ibn Sina INFECTION
‘Galen of Islam’
Image
SHORT TERM
Compiled a summary of all medical knowledge called ‘The Canon
of Medicine’, chapters on eating disorders and obesity,
LONG TERM
The Canon was used as a standard text in European schools
and Universities
Crusades and Christian beliefs
meant some people would not
Communication
trust the new discoveries or
LIMITATIONS
FACTORS
views. Religion
The benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
Guaranteed quality through customer reviews
Stuvia customers have reviewed more than 700,000 summaries. This how you know that you are buying the best documents.
Quick and easy check-out
You can quickly pay through credit card or Stuvia-credit for the summaries. There is no membership needed.
Focus on what matters
Your fellow students write the study notes themselves, which is why the documents are always reliable and up-to-date. This ensures you quickly get to the core!
Frequently asked questions
What do I get when I buy this document?
You get a PDF, available immediately after your purchase. The purchased document is accessible anytime, anywhere and indefinitely through your profile.
Satisfaction guarantee: how does it work?
Our satisfaction guarantee ensures that you always find a study document that suits you well. You fill out a form, and our customer service team takes care of the rest.
Who am I buying these notes from?
Stuvia is a marketplace, so you are not buying this document from us, but from seller emaanmahmood. Stuvia facilitates payment to the seller.
Will I be stuck with a subscription?
No, you only buy these notes for $13.64. You're not tied to anything after your purchase.