Education, History
The history of medicine - from philosophy to biology
Human health is a very fragile component of life. Since ancient times, people have sought to strengthen health and learn how to deal with various ailments that arose from infections, viruses or the banal old age of the body.
The history of medicine began simply and primitively: the primitive znacharian teachings were a mixture of sorcery and magic with the wisdom of the people. All the achievements of the ancient healers were considered to be the mercy of the all-powerful gods or were written off to the "super-capacity" of the healers themselves. However, the modern history of medicine has adopted many medicines and techniques that were discovered by scientists of ancient Egypt, Rome and Greece.
Of course, the development of medicine has left its mark in other ancient civilizations, for example, in Japan, Tibet, India and China. In these regions, the history of medicine had much in common. For example, there has not been an autopsy for a long time, and therefore knowledge of the structure of the internal organs of man remained very vague, and the idea of this - fantastic. But, despite this, the diagnosis of the disease was at the highest for that time level. For example, for the recognition of diseases, healers used the method of calculating the pulse in various parts of the human body. They also had an idea of hygiene and ways of penetrating infections. For treatment, vegetable or animal products were used.
In the Middle Ages, because of the ideology of Catholic Christianity, medicine remained at the level of Ancient Rome and Greece. The illnesses were then explained as "the punishment of the Lord," and the doctors were associated with diseases and evil spirits, and sometimes called sorcerers and transferred to the hands of the Inquisition. The history of medicine was in stagnation.
Interest in this science appeared again only in the late Middle Ages. Anatomical theaters and outstanding scientists began to appear in this area.
Since then, medicine has changed, and today it is also continuing its development. There are fewer and fewer diseases that would not be subject to modern science.
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