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1. Pinel -Treatise on Insanity
-did not believe that every case of "madness" was organic, but that some
cases were brought on by "very vivid affections of the mind."
-Something physical in the brain as a cause of "mental illness."
2. variolation -The use of the actual smallpox (variola)virus to induce immunity
-Long history, going back into the ancient world—well-known in Chinese
and Muslim civilizations
3. trephination drilling holes in the skull to release evil spirits
-belief that excess of yellow bile produced mania and excess of black bile
produced melancholy
4. Frances Burney -mastectomy
5. Edward Jenner -Jenner discovered that having cowpox protected a person against
smallpox.
-Jenner's cowpox serum saved many lives, and almost eliminated the
disease of smallpox.
-His discovery of vaccination is considered one of the top ten medical
discoveries of all time by just about every medical historian
6. Paracelsus -(Anti-Galen, Avicenna and Aristotle) was anti-humoralist and believed there
were other causes of disease.
-Re-introduced opium to Europe during the Renaissance
-"Anything can be a poison or a medicine depending on the dosage"
7. Francis Bacon developed the scientific method
8. Alienists What psychiatrists were called in the 1800s
9. Tuskegee study an unethical study about syphilis in which subjects were denied
treatment so that the ettects of the disease could be studied
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10. Vesalius
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1. Pinel -Treatise on Insanity
-did not believe that every case of "madness" was organic, but that some
cases were brought on by "very vivid affections of the mind."
-Something physical in the brain as a cause of "mental illness."
2. variolation -The use of the actual smallpox (variola)virus to induce immunity
-Long history, going back into the ancient world—well-known in Chinese
and Muslim civilizations
3. trephination drilling holes in the skull to release evil spirits
-belief that excess of yellow bile produced mania and excess of black bile
produced melancholy
4. Frances Burney -mastectomy
5. Edward Jenner -Jenner discovered that having cowpox protected a person against
smallpox.
-Jenner's cowpox serum saved many lives, and almost eliminated the
disease of smallpox.
-His discovery of vaccination is considered one of the top ten medical
discoveries of all time by just about every medical historian
6. Paracelsus -(Anti-Galen, Avicenna and Aristotle) was anti-humoralist and believed there
were other causes of disease.
-Re-introduced opium to Europe during the Renaissance
-"Anything can be a poison or a medicine depending on the dosage"
7. Francis Bacon developed the scientific method
8. Alienists What psychiatrists were called in the 1800s
9. Tuskegee study an unethical study about syphilis in which subjects were denied
treatment so that the ettects of the disease could be studied
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11
, HST 119 Exam questions with verified answers
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10. Vesalius
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