Classics 2902 Test 1

Classics 2902 Test 1 3 approaches to ancient medicine 1. causation (seek the single thing that's causing the disease) 2. Reduction (separate pathogen from patient - does not acknowledge patient) 3. Anthropological (relationship between disease, patient and healer) - best Modern health fitting into a statistic 2 spheres of health personal (how an individual perceives their own status/health) and Communal (how others perceive the health/status of an individual) Mesopotamian view no separation between natural and supernatural (physical and spirit are one) mesopotamian hierarchy Gods Spirits Humans mesopotamian symptoms message from gods/spirits Egyptian time cyclical - treatments should be tried again later because it might work Egyptian health A manifestation of one's relationship with the human and divine communities Common Egyptian Problems