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Roman medical writer of On Medicine, 1st c CE Celcus
Regimen, pharmacology, surgery What were the 3 divisions of medicine in On Medicine?
False - he believed sometimes fortune determines a T/F - Celcus believed a doctor's aid always assisted patient recovery
patient's outcome
He cited many notable authors in his work, also What strategy did Celcus use to validate his work?
credited Hippocrates
Remove weapons, specialized tools, assessing patient In On Medicine Celcus describes surgery to _________ _________ which showed
to assign treatment knowledge of ....
Asclepius, Hygieia, bargain _______ and ________ were two deities in Rome and Greece who often had
inscriptions as thanks for their healing, this could be part of a _________
Iranian Plateau, crossroads between near and East India Persia location
True T/F - Persia traded with Greco-Roman world, Han dynasties, Byzantine Empire
, No cohesive political entity, large territory with many Describe Persian political structure
cities, cultures, etc
Achaemenid dynasty (ended by ATG), Seleucid dynasty, List the order of dynasties in Persia
Parthan Empire, Sassian Empire
Conflicts throughout history What contributed to exchanges of ideas and culture in Persia?
1) Indo-European period (knife = warrior, herbs = Persian medicine divided into 3 periods, what are they?
farmers, mantras = priests)
2) Imperial Period - Archaemenid to Sassian dynasties
3) Islamic Period - focus on famous doctors such as
Avicenna
Many religions including Buddhism, Hinduism, Religion in Persia
Manichaeism, gnoticism, and most prevalent was
Zoroastrianism, blending of traditions
Pollution _________ was a big threat in Persia that affected medicine
Focused on cosmology with a good vs. Evil binary Zoroastrianism
Ahura Mazda (wise lord) vs Angra Mainyu (hostile
spirit), always in opposition
Good = upholding community cohesion and cosmic
order
Ahura Mazda gave power to kings to uphold
community cohesion
This world = bones and living things, other world = 2 parts of the cosmos in Zoroastrianism
gods, demons, thoughts
Spiritual - magical practices, physical rites, exorcisms all Was Persian medicine more spiritual or rational? Explain
performed to access magic of cosmos
Microcosm, good and evil In Persian medicine humans were viewed as a _________, a battle ground for the
fight between ______ and ______
Parts of the body each have a counterpart in the View of anatomy in Persian medicine
macrocosm
Ahura brings health, Angra brings disease, changes in Roles of Ahura and Angra in medicine
body are from hostile spirit including secretions
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Roman medical writer of On Medicine, 1st c CE Celcus
Regimen, pharmacology, surgery What were the 3 divisions of medicine in On Medicine?
False - he believed sometimes fortune determines a T/F - Celcus believed a doctor's aid always assisted patient recovery
patient's outcome
He cited many notable authors in his work, also What strategy did Celcus use to validate his work?
credited Hippocrates
Remove weapons, specialized tools, assessing patient In On Medicine Celcus describes surgery to _________ _________ which showed
to assign treatment knowledge of ....
Asclepius, Hygieia, bargain _______ and ________ were two deities in Rome and Greece who often had
inscriptions as thanks for their healing, this could be part of a _________
Iranian Plateau, crossroads between near and East India Persia location
True T/F - Persia traded with Greco-Roman world, Han dynasties, Byzantine Empire
, No cohesive political entity, large territory with many Describe Persian political structure
cities, cultures, etc
Achaemenid dynasty (ended by ATG), Seleucid dynasty, List the order of dynasties in Persia
Parthan Empire, Sassian Empire
Conflicts throughout history What contributed to exchanges of ideas and culture in Persia?
1) Indo-European period (knife = warrior, herbs = Persian medicine divided into 3 periods, what are they?
farmers, mantras = priests)
2) Imperial Period - Archaemenid to Sassian dynasties
3) Islamic Period - focus on famous doctors such as
Avicenna
Many religions including Buddhism, Hinduism, Religion in Persia
Manichaeism, gnoticism, and most prevalent was
Zoroastrianism, blending of traditions
Pollution _________ was a big threat in Persia that affected medicine
Focused on cosmology with a good vs. Evil binary Zoroastrianism
Ahura Mazda (wise lord) vs Angra Mainyu (hostile
spirit), always in opposition
Good = upholding community cohesion and cosmic
order
Ahura Mazda gave power to kings to uphold
community cohesion
This world = bones and living things, other world = 2 parts of the cosmos in Zoroastrianism
gods, demons, thoughts
Spiritual - magical practices, physical rites, exorcisms all Was Persian medicine more spiritual or rational? Explain
performed to access magic of cosmos
Microcosm, good and evil In Persian medicine humans were viewed as a _________, a battle ground for the
fight between ______ and ______
Parts of the body each have a counterpart in the View of anatomy in Persian medicine
macrocosm
Ahura brings health, Angra brings disease, changes in Roles of Ahura and Angra in medicine
body are from hostile spirit including secretions
