Remembering Medical History
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Remembering Medical History
Introduction
Within the field medicine it has a broad history which has motivated its growth. This growth has revolved into what we see today. To date various theories have made its way to describe health and the cause of disease. Reluctantly, these theories have benefited the aim and application of modern medicine. Over time three theories have made reasonable ground as to the cause of diseases. These theories are and the anatomical concept of disease, the humoral theory, and germ theory.
Anatomy Concept of Disease
Throughout the 19th century, Giovanni Baptista Morgagni proposed the idea that pathology and human anatomy could trace the cause of diseases. His efforts cemented the gap between pathology and patient symptoms. According to Reiser,” Morgagni argued that disease could be traced to a particular pathology or disturbance in individual organs” (as cited in Lewis, 2010). Morgagni asserted that blood flow could maneuver diseases from one location to other parts of the body which was somewhat contradictive to humoral theory.
Humoral Theory
From the Greek era, humoral theory made its origin from Hippocratic medicine. From the term humoral this is defined as involving or relating to bodily fluids. During this era, the belief was that the body was made up of four properties or humors. According to the Science Museum (n.d.), “humors existed as liquids within the body and were identified as blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile”. These four quadrants were mostly associated with fundamental elements of air, water, earth and fire. Humoral theory signified if there was an imbalance in a humor then it was a root to disease. If physical symptoms surfaced one of the four humors were affected. Therefore, to retain good health and mind there had to be good balance between the four humors; otherwise, any imbalance was indicative of disease....
Introduction
Within the field medicine it has a broad history which has motivated its growth. This growth has revolved into what we see today. To date various theories have made its way to describe health and the cause of disease. Reluctantly, these theories have benefited the aim and application of modern medicine. Over time three theories have made reasonable ground as to the cause of diseases. These theories are and the anatomical concept of disease, the humoral theory, and germ theory.
Anatomy Concept of Disease
Throughout the 19th century, Giovanni Baptista Morgagni proposed the idea that pathology and human anatomy could trace the cause of diseases. His efforts cemented the gap between pathology and patient symptoms. According to Reiser,” Morgagni argued that disease could be traced to a particular pathology or disturbance in individual organs” (as cited in Lewis, 2010). Morgagni asserted that blood flow could maneuver diseases from one location to other parts of the body which was somewhat contradictive to humoral theory.
Humoral Theory
From the Greek era, humoral theory made its origin from Hippocratic medicine. From the term humoral this is defined as involving or relating to bodily fluids. During this era, the belief was that the body was made up of four properties or humors. According to the Science Museum (n.d.), “humors existed as liquids within the body and were identified as blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile”. These four quadrants were mostly associated with fundamental elements of air, water, earth and fire. Humoral theory signified if there was an imbalance in a humor then it was a root to disease. If physical symptoms surfaced one of the four humors were affected. Therefore, to retain good health and mind there had to be good balance between the four humors; otherwise, any imbalance was indicative of disease....