http://www.diabetes-symptoms.pocket-book.com/2003/12/05/medical-history-a-tradition-of/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:55:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.diabetes-symptoms.pocket-book.com/2003/12/05/medical-history-a-tradition-of/#comment-202 Jules Xiomara Sun, 07 Dec 2003 11:00:10 +0000 http://www.diabetes-symptoms.pocket-book.com/2003/12/05/medical-history-a-tradition-of/#comment-202 INCOMPETENCE (Part II):<br historian W.J. Bishop states it a bit more elegantly: "This meant that the sciences of anatomy and physiology, which are the bedrock of all medical knowledge could not be studied in a practial manner."<br consequence of this no-surgery-studied-at-school clause weas that doctors training at universities in the Middle Ages did little more than listen to pompous theorizing about the four humors of the body. Complained iconoclast doctor John of Salisbury back in the 12th century: "(Doctors) will describe to you minutely the origin, the progess and the cure of all diseases. In a word, when I hear them harangue, I am charmed; I think them not inferior to Mercury or Aesclepius, and almost persuate myself that they can raise the dead. There is <!--more--> only one thing that me hesitate; their theories run directly opposite one another, as diffent as light to darness.<br was sounding the same theme: "Doctors," states a character in The Imaginary Invalid, "know the majority of scholarly studies, know how to speak elegant Latin, know all the ancient Greek names for the diseases, can define them and categorize them. BUT, as for CURING them, they know nothing at all. Listen to them speak, these best-dressed men in the world; watch them heal, these most ignorant of all men."<br say there weren't medical breakthroughs prior to the 20th century. Of course there were: Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.() could set a broken leg (and write an oath forbidding doctors from seducing their patients); Fleming Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) diagrammed correct anatomy, i.e., internal organs and veins; Frenchman Ambroise Pare (1510-1590) -- using compassion and common sense -- revolutionized surgical techniques and even designed a functional prosthetic arm; Englishment William Harvey (1578-1657) discovered that blood circulates, pumped by the heart.<br on these breakthroughs by exceptional doctors and gloss over the pervasive failures. (Professional courtesy apparently extends even to history.) SO in the interest of fair play, we will recount some of the lowlights of medical history and give "snapshots" of some genuinely odd developments.<br INCOMPETENCE (Part II):<br
historian W.J. Bishop states it a bit more elegantly: “This
meant that the sciences of anatomy and physiology,
which are the bedrock of all medical knowledge could
not be studied in a practial manner.”<br
consequence of this no-surgery-studied-at-school clause weas
that doctors training at universities in the Middle
Ages did little more than listen to pompous theorizing
about the four humors of the body. Complained
iconoclast doctor John of Salisbury back in the 12th
century: “(Doctors) will describe to you minutely the
origin, the progess and the cure of all diseases. In a
word, when I hear them harangue, I am charmed; I think
them not inferior to Mercury or Aesclepius, and almost
persuate myself that they can raise the dead. There is

only one thing that me hesitate; their theories run
directly opposite one another, as diffent as light to
darness.<br
was sounding the same theme: “Doctors,” states a
character in The Imaginary Invalid, “know the majority of
scholarly studies, know how to speak elegant Latin, know
all the ancient Greek names for the diseases, can
define them and categorize them. BUT, as for CURING
them, they know nothing at all. Listen to them speak,
these best-dressed men in the world; watch them heal,
these most ignorant of all men.”<br
say there weren’t medical breakthroughs prior to the
20th century. Of course there were: Hippocrates
(460-377 B.C.() could set a broken leg (and write an oath
forbidding doctors from seducing their patients); Fleming
Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) diagrammed correct anatomy,
i.e., internal organs and veins; Frenchman Ambroise
Pare (1510-1590) — using compassion and common sense
— revolutionized surgical techniques and even
designed a functional prosthetic arm; Englishment William
Harvey (1578-1657) discovered that blood circulates,
pumped by the heart.<br
on these breakthroughs by exceptional doctors and
gloss over the pervasive failures. (Professional
courtesy apparently extends even to history.) SO in the
interest of fair play, we will recount some of the
lowlights of medical history and give “snapshots” of some
genuinely odd developments.<br

]]> http://www.diabetes-symptoms.pocket-book.com/2003/12/05/medical-history-a-tradition-of/#comment-201 Neva Marjory Fri, 05 Dec 2003 23:30:45 +0000 http://www.diabetes-symptoms.pocket-book.com/2003/12/05/medical-history-a-tradition-of/#comment-201 Funny, despite all the breakthroughs in Medical Science there still are an awfull lot of incompetent Doctors out there. For a Doctor to have an educated Patient is like a slap in the face to them. Good story, can't wait for part2 Funny, despite all the breakthroughs in Medical
Science there still are an awfull lot of incompetent
Doctors out there. For a Doctor to have an educated
Patient is like a slap in the face to them. Good story,
can’t wait for part2

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