Classification of Medicines in History
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Who is considered the author of the oldest 'scientific medicine' writings?

  • Primitive Medicine
  • Alcmeon of Crotona (correct)
  • Pitágoras
  • Hindu
  • In the context of speculative medicine, what is believed to characterize the universe and things in particular?

  • Immutable and rationally understandable laws (correct)
  • Supernatural interpretations
  • Magical medicine
  • Empirical evidence
  • According to scientific medicine in Ancient Greece, what is believed to preserve health?

  • Alternative medicine
  • Supernatural influence
  • Empirical medicines
  • Balance of opposing qualities (correct)
  • What is the capacity of the human mind according to speculative medicine?

    <p>Intuiting the essence of things by simple observation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what way does scientific medicine aim to replace supernatural interpretations of reality?

    <p>By emphasizing rational thinking</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Pitágoras, what causes disease?

    <p>Imbalance between opposite qualities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is considered the Father of Western medicine?

    <p>Hippocrates of Cos</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the focus of Hippocratic medicine in terms of diagnosis?

    <p>Anatomical lesions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is known for unifying Hippocratic medicine in his work 'canonical scientific synthesis'?

    <p>Galen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of the School of Alexandria in the context of scientific medicine?

    <p>It was known for its practice of dissections and study of anatomy and physiology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    During which period did the monastic medicine center in the monasteries?

    <p>8th and 9th centuries</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What movement led to the translation of medieval texts by collating with the original?

    <p>Renaissance humanism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is known for describing new diseases such as syphilis and diphtheria?

    <p>Vesalio</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who made contributions to the anatomical understanding of the circulatory system?

    <p>Harvey</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What approach correlated clinical observations and explorations with autopsy findings?

    <p>Anatomo-clinical approach</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the focus of s.XIX physio-pathological approach?

    <p>Disease: external agent, microbial or toxic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were the goals of the 'crisis' of today's medicine in the s.XX-XXI?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

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