Toward a Theology of Medicine

Mapping Intimacies ◽

10.1093/med/9780199325764.003.0009 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Michael J. Balboni ◽

Tracy A. Balboni

Keyword(s):

Human Body ◽

Religious Values ◽

Hippocratic Medicine

This chapter highlights how within Western medicine’s partnership with the Abrahamic traditions, there were three foundational values informing why and how medicine should be practiced in caring for the sick: (1) the human body cannot be treated apart from the soul, (2) hospitality is the foundational motive driving clinicians and hospitals, and (3) medicine is a divine gift. The Abrahamic traditions imbued into medicine these understandings, justifying medicine’s proper use based on theological grounds. This theology is most clearly embedded in early encounters with Hippocratic medicine, which pushed Jewish and Christian thinkers to articulate perspectives that have penetrated these traditions from that time onward. As part of the larger argument of the book, it highlights how the Abrahamic traditions approached illness and medicine in order to better contextualize subsequent chapters that compare these traditional Western religious values to secular medicine.

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The Hippocratic account of Mental Health: Humors and Human Temperament

Mental Health: Global Challenges Journal ◽

10.32437/mhgcj.v3i1.83 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 33-37 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Christos Tsagkaris ◽

Konstantinos Kalachanis

Keyword(s):

Human Physiology ◽

Human Body ◽

Relative Proportion ◽

Detailed Examination ◽

Original Text ◽

Anatomy And Physiology ◽

Holistic Approaches ◽

Humoral Theory ◽

Corpus Hippocraticum ◽

Hippocratic Medicine

Introduction: A quintessential element of Hippocratic medicine is treatment of mental diseases which was based on a detailed examination of the symptoms as well as the study of human physiology and final outcome of the diseases which is based on humoral theory. Purpose: The aim of the work is to highlight the contribution of Hippocrates to the study of mental illness based on his theory of humors Methodology: Our study consists of interpretations of the original text of Hippocrates including extensive observations of anatomy and physiology of human body based on humoral theory. Then the information was evaluated on the basis of modern literature in order to establish their validity. A major limitation of the research is the lack of a systemic methodology to screen the Hippocratic corpus for relevant passages which actually requires interdisciplinary research in order to determine which aspects of Hippocratic medicine can be developed. Results: In Corpus Hippocraticum, it is highlighting that maintaining a relative proportion of humors in human body (apart from maintaining health) regulates the human temperament and its behavioral manifestations. Hippocrates, has included in his work observations not only on human physiology and diseases but also studies the environmental and geographical impact on them, thus setting the stage for holistic approaches Conclusion: Summarizing, Hippocratic medicine and particularly his observations on mental disorders provides a clear picture of the methodology used by Hippocrates which can be a guide for the adoption of good practices for contemporary scholars and clinicians on their everyday practice

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CULTURAL HERITAGE, RELIGIOUS VALUES, ECOLOGY OF THE HUMAN BODY: A SULSIT PROJECT

Education and Technologies Journal ◽

10.26883/2010.201.2229 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 122-126

Author(s):

Svetla Shapkalova ◽

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Georgeta Nazarska ◽

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Human Body ◽

Environmental Values ◽

Religious Values ◽

Academic Knowledge ◽

Scientific Project ◽

The Relationship ◽

Academic Year

The paper presents a scientific project, which is implemented for the second academic year at the SULSIT. The tasks in the research are: to present the concept of the project, to comment on the successful use of project training in the teaching of academic knowledge in religion, to analyze the results of a survey; to draw conclusions about the relationship degree of religiosity – environmental values.

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The Hippocratic Method of Surgical Cauterization for the Tumescence Spleen in the Rare “Spetses Syndrome”

Surgical Innovation ◽

10.1177/1553350618771800 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

pp. 413-416 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Gregory Tsoucalas ◽

Konstantinos Markatos ◽

Marianna Karamanou

Keyword(s):

Herbal Medicine ◽

Human Body ◽

Splenic Abscess ◽

Ancient Greek ◽

Rare Type ◽

Anatomical Position ◽

Hippocratic Medicine

Spleen in antiquity was considered by the Hippocratic medicine as a viscerous organ of spongy character, which could clear human body of the black bile. According to the Hippocratic doctrine of the 4 humors, black bile could cause a series of diseases. Both the anatomical position and shape of the spleen were also recognized. In the case of a splenic hardening, with simultaneous augmentation of its dimensions and dermal ulceration and/or splenic abscess, some interventions were proposed. Thus, herbal medicine, phlebotomy, and minimal surgery with local cauterization were applied for treatment, to confront a disease that was considered serious but not fatal. The Hippocratic physicians encountered various spleen diseases and among them they most probably confronted a rare splenic pathological entity, named centuries later as “Spetses syndrome,” a rare type of thalassemia of the Spetses island of Saronikos Gulf. Although the approach seems in modern terms rather primitive, the ancient Greek medico-philosophers most likely understood the significance of the spleen.

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Microstructural comparison of synthetic bioceramics with natural bioceramics

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100084491 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 49 ◽

pp. 38-39

Author(s):

Shulin Wen ◽

Jingwei Feng ◽

A. Krajewski ◽

A. Ravaglioli

Keyword(s):

Recent Work ◽

Human Body ◽

Human Tissues ◽

Main Constituent ◽

Laboratory Furnace ◽

Chinese Adult ◽

Human Enamel ◽

Biological Compatibility ◽

Synthetic Hydroxyapatite ◽

Synthetic Work

Hydroxyapatite bioceramics has attracted many material scientists as it is the main constituent of the bone and the teeth in human body. The synthesis of the bioceramics has been performed for years. Nowadays, the synthetic work is not only focused on the hydroapatite but also on the fluorapatite and chlorapatite bioceramics since later materials have also biological compatibility with human tissues; and they may also be very promising for clinic purpose. However, in comparison of the synthetic bioceramics with natural one on microstructure, a great differences were observed according to our previous results. We have investigated these differences further in this work since they are very important to appraise the synthetic bioceramics for their clinic application.The synthetic hydroxyapatite and chlorapatite were prepared according to A. Krajewski and A. Ravaglioli and their recent work. The briquettes from different hydroxyapatite or chlorapatite powders were fired in a laboratory furnace at the temperature of 900-1300°C. The samples of human enamel selected for the comparison with synthetic bioceramics were from Chinese adult teeth.

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Study on erythrocytes by SEM photogrammetry (SEMP) technique

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100161187 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 48 (3) ◽

pp. 724-725

Author(s):

Tong Wensheng ◽

Lu Lianhuang ◽

Zhang Zhijun

Keyword(s):

Quantitative Analysis ◽

Cell Membrane ◽

Clinical Diagnosis ◽

Human Body ◽

Blood Cells ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Normal Person ◽

Blood Disease ◽

Computation Technique ◽

Important Basis

This is a combined study of two diffirent branches, photogrammetry and morphology of blood cells. The three dimensional quantitative analysis of erythrocytes using SEMP technique, electron computation technique and photogrammetry theory has made it possible to push the study of mophology of blood cells from LM, TEM, SEM to a higher stage, that of SEM P. A new path has been broken for deeply study of morphology of blood cells.In medical view, the abnormality of the quality and quantity of erythrocytes is one of the important changes of blood disease. It shows the abnormal blood—making function of the human body. Therefore, the study of the change of shape on erythrocytes is the indispensable and important basis of reference in the clinical diagnosis and research of blood disease.The erythrocytes of one normal person, three PNH Patients and one AA patient were used in this experiment. This research determines the following items: Height;Length of two axes (long and short), ratio; Crevice in depth and width of cell membrane; Circumference of erythrocytes; Isoline map of erythrocytes; Section map of erythrocytes.

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