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03/15/2010

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ALCMAEON
Definition
opposite powers
equality = health
supremacy = disease
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ARCHIMEDES
Definition
applied math to physical problems
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ARCHIMEDES
Definition
floating bodies
crown experiement
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ARCHIMEDES
Definition
geometry
found A and C of circle
approximated pi
found formula for SA and V of sphere
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ARISTOTLE
Definition
description of over 500 species
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ARISTOTLE
Definition
hystera, metra
male -> seed, form, soul
female -> matter
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ARISTOTLE
Definition
rejected atomism
4 causes: material, formal, efficient/moving, final
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ARISTOTLE
Definition
rejected atomis
purpose and order of nature
one, geo-centric cosmos
5 elements
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ARISTOTLE, GALEN
Definition
concoction
pepsis=cooking
liver turns food into blood
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ASCLEPIUS
Definition
perform miraculous cures at healing sanctuaries (Epidaurus)
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CELSUS
Definition
on medical matters
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DEMOCRITUS
Definition
atomism
void exists -> motion
atoms are unsplittable
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DEMOCRITUS, EPICURUS
Definition
atomism
cosmos by accident
absolute up and down
infinite cosmos
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EMPEDOCLES
Definition
theory of 4 elements: earth, air, fire, water
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EMPEDOCLES
Definition
putrefaction
sepsis=rotting
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EMPEDOCLES
Definition
love and strife: physical forces of attraction and repulsion
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EMPEDOCLES, ARISTOTLE
Definition
heart is center of intelligence/sensation
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EMPEDOCLES, DEMOCRITUS, HIPPOCRATES
Definition
pangenesis
two chambered uterus
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ERASISTRATUS
Definition
heart and valves
capillaries at end of blood vessels
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ERASISTRATUS
Definition
arterial respiration
air breathed into lungs and pumped out by L vent
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EUCLID
Definition
elements
deductive system which theorems are demonstrated by fundamental propositions
start from basic definitions and derive theorems
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EUDOXUS
Definition
concentric spheres
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GALEN
Definition
most educated man of his time
doctor for gladiators, marcus aurelius
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GALEN
Definition
great synthesize
nature has a purpose
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GALEN
Definition
two trees in the body: veins and arteries
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GALEN
Definition
purpose of respiration regulate temp by cooling heart nourish soul
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HEROPHILUS
Definition
live dissection
descriptive anatomy, terminology
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HEROPHILUS
Definition
distinguished vascular and nervous systems (brain is center)
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HEROPHILUS
Definition
dissection and description of the eye
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HEROPHILUS
Definition
dissection and description of reproductive tracts
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HIPPOCRATES
Definition
rejected supernatural causes
theory of four humors - crucial for health and disease
proper balance = health
improper balance = disease
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HIPPOCRATES
Definition
epidemics - real case histories
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PARMENIDES
Definition
either it is or it is
nothing comes to be; what really is cannot change
monism
Term
PLATO
Definition
challenged colleagues to account for the apparently irregular motion of the planets
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PTOLEMY
Definition
greatest greek astronomer
geo-centric model
almagest - how universe works
Term
SORANUS
Definition
gynecology
Term
WILLIAM HARVEY
Definition
discovered circulation
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