And this is where many people may have heard of Hippocrates, of Coase Brahm, circa BCE, or for 20 BC, he was one of the first people who kind of focused on natural explanations trying to move away from supernatural explanations. And then we're gonna jump ahead more to ancient Greece. But again, they were still be speculation about what role Old Evil forces or spirits play in the cause of diseases. So the case studies were all written, same way, the title, the examination, so what they're observing, and then the diagnosis, and then the treatment, and then they will have a glossary for terms. There was no theory for anything, but it was an observation and kind of a recording of what it is that they knew. But it was actually we believe it was a copy of a text from much earlier, so roughly 3000 BCE, but in that particular Papyrus, that's now I think, in New York. One examples from the what was called the Smith Papyrus, written in 1600 BCE, right around there. And then now we were going to jump ahead to ancient Egypt, when we start actually seeing some evidence of written evidence of different types of treatments and medicine. You're going to your show, and your handsĪre gonna drill during prehistoric times, and you're gonna knock a hole into the person's skull, they may end up being the victim. And so that was one thanks, you mean patient? Did I sit victim, you get saved. But one of the things that we know from the discovery of different prehistoric skulls is that they would actually drill a hole into the skull of the victim, because they believe that that the speculation is and then we actually see this occurred in more recent human history that it would release the disease. But you know, supernatural origin versus more of a natural origin of reason for different ailments. And this is where I think it will come into play throughout our series as well, of how different cultures used to attribute different types of magic or religion to ailments, you know, maybe it was something to do with evil spirits or something like that. But some of our understanding of the history of medicine goes all the way back to prehistoric times. And then we wanted us to be able to get into a conversation about, like medical treatments, for different ailments, as well. But so anyway, so I kind of wanted to just give some general, interesting things that have occurred over time. So we could do several episodes just on the history of medicine. But as I said, this is gonna be very brief. So please, if anyone hears this and says, hey, you've left out some cultures, historical cultures that I do apologize for that. And I will let our listeners know that my background and understanding this is definitely more than the western science. So for today, I'm gonna give a just a very quick crash course, in kind of the history of healing from a science perspective. The second reason that we're asking this question is because we're starting our new mini series, our next mini series on healing. Just adding the parenthetical aside, Everybody Hurts from REM is an amazing song from 1992. One, because we just passed your birthday, Rachel. Why did you why did you ask her this question?įor two reasons. It is definitely confirmed no longer early onset arthritis. And my most recent ailment is arthritis in my right hand, where this part is where the thumb comes down and connects to the wrist. And I felt like oh my god, I'm just old, I now just get headaches.Īnd Ben's Associate Professor of elementary science education at UNC Charlotte. But it was one of those headaches that I couldn't get rid of a headache for no reason. Rachel Jackson, Rabbi Agoudas, Israel congregation Hendersonville, North Carolina, my most recent ailment is real, pretty bland, but irritating nonetheless. Zack Jackson, UCC pasture and Reading, Pennsylvania, and my most recent ailment was COVID. Kendra Holt-Moore, assistant professor of religion at Bethany College, and my most recent ailment was a concussion from a snowboarding fall, You are listening to the down the wormhole podcast exploring the strange and fascinating relationship between science and religion. We hope it is helpful even with the errors. As the AI learns our voices, the transcripts will improve. This transcript was automatically generated by and as such contains errors (especially when multiple people are talking). Maggots! Bloodletting! Graverobbers! Decapitated ducks! Cornflakes! This episode has it all! Join us on this wild ride through the history of Western Medicine as we look at the breakthroughs, setbacks, prejudices, and methodology behind it.
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