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Mind Map by Louise Whitton, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Louise Whitton
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Surgery and Anatomy
Ancient World c10,000 BC
- c500 AD
- Prehistoric
- Stitch up
wounds
- Set broken bones by encasing them in mud
- Trephining
- Basic knowledge
of bone structure
from burial rituals
- Religion
- Religion
- Stitch up
wounds
- Ancient Egypt
- Knowledge of
the main bones
and organs from
mummification
- Religion
- Religion
- Did not know
what each part
did - the parts
were not
studied as it was
a religious ritual
- Religion
- Religion
- Simple,
external
surgery
- Reset dislocated joints
- Mend broken bones
- Were excellent at bandaging
- Used herbal anaesthetics
- Stronger, sharper
bronze surgical
equipment
- improved
metal-working
skills by
developing
the making of
weapons etc
- War
- War
- improved
metal-working
skills by
developing
the making of
weapons etc
- Reset dislocated joints
- Knowledge of
the main bones
and organs from
mummification
- Ancient
Greece
- Greek doctors in Alexandria and
Egypt started to dissect bodies
as philosophers such as Aristotle
and Plato decided that the body
was not needed in the afterlife
- Attitude of enquiry
- Individuals
- Attitude of enquiry
- Herophilus discovered that it was the
brain, not the heart that controls the
movement of limbs through vivisection
- Attitude of enquiry
- Individuals
- Attitude of enquiry
- Erasistratus discovered that
blood moved through the veins
- Attitude of enquiry
- Individuals
- Attitude of enquiry
- Simple external surgery
- Setting broken and dislocated bones
- War
- War
- Herbal
antispectics
- Opium, alcohol and wine to stop infection
- Opium, alcohol and wine to stop infection
- Setting broken and dislocated bones
- 'Praiseworthy pus'
- believd pus carried
away poisoned blood
that caused infection
- covered in
ointment and
bandages to
create pus
- covered in
ointment and
bandages to
create pus
- believd pus carried
away poisoned blood
that caused infection
- Greek doctors in Alexandria and
Egypt started to dissect bodies
as philosophers such as Aristotle
and Plato decided that the body
was not needed in the afterlife
- Roman Empire
- It was forbidden to dissect
humans so anatomists, such as
Galen, had to dissect animals to
learn about the human body
- This lead to Galen making mistakes like
thinking that the human jaw-bone was
made up of two bones, like a dog's.
- Religion
- This lead to Galen making mistakes like
thinking that the human jaw-bone was
made up of two bones, like a dog's.
- Galen's books
show a good
knowledge of
bone structure.
He also studied
the lungs, the
muscles, the
heart and blood
and the
nervous system
- Individuals
- Discovers that the brain and
not the heart controls the body
- Individuals
- Simple external surgery
- Removing polyps up the nose
- Removing goitres from the neck
- Removing polyps up the nose
- New surgical and midwifery
instruments were developed
- The Caesarean section
was developed
- Herbal antiseoptics
- It was forbidden to dissect
humans so anatomists, such as
Galen, had to dissect animals to
learn about the human body
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