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Clinical Med Lecture 1a
Overview History of Medicine
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 4
08/26/2025

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Term
The Four Humors
Definition
Hippocrates
Blood
Phlegm (blood plasma)
Yellow Bile (Bilirubin)
Black Bile (Grey sediment from platelets and clotting factors)
Term
Imhotep (2650 BC)
Definition
"Shepherd of the anus"
Rejected the idea of magic
Term
Hippocrates (460-377 BC)
Definition
founded a school for physicians on Kos
Hippocratic Oath
Four Humor Theory
Blended empirical knowledge and observation with philosophical teaching
Term
Edwin Smith Papyrus
Definition
Earliest known writing on medicine
Imhotep author
info on trauma, surgery, anatomy, diagnosis, medical conditions
Term
Aulus Celsus (30BC- 38AD)
Definition
Identified the cardinal signs of inflammation
Wrote "De Medicina"
Term
Claudius Galenus (129-201AD)
Definition
GOAT
Arteries filled w/ blood, not air
Kidneys make urine
The spinal cord and nerves control muscle function
Term
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Definition
learned from human dissection about the functions of muscles, bones, and tendons
Term
William Harvey (1578-1657)
Definition
Discovered that the blood is moved through the body by the heart
Wrote "De Motu Cordis et Sanguinis"
Term
Rudolf Virchow (1821-1905)
Definition
Father of modern Pathology
Founded cellular pathology
1st to recognizing leukemia
Virchow's node
coined embolism
Term
Virchow's node
Definition
Enlarged left supra-clavicular lymph node as an early sign of gastric cancer
Term
Difference between signs and symptoms
Definition
Signs can be seen by a doctor or detected by clinical tests
EX bleeding, x-ray, labs, fever

Symptoms are reported by the patient, cannot be measured
EX pain, vertigo, drowsiness
Term
Disease
Definition
Undesired deviation from the norm
Term
Pillars of Disease
Definition
Etiology - cause of the disease
Pathogenesis - The disease process
Lesion - Structural changes in tissues
Functional Changes - clinical manifestation
Term
Basic Principles of Human Disease
Definition
Genetic predisposition
acquired - infection, trauma, degenerative
Seen - jaundice, bleeding
Testing needed - x-ray, antigen,
Signs
Symptoms
Term
Pathological alterations
(how to recognize disease)
Definition
Patient Report - pain, Nausea
Gross Examination - autopsy, physical exam
Histologic Examination - alterations visible by microscope
Laboratory examination - blood, urine, DNA tests
Specialized examinations - x-ray, ultrasound, endoscopy, MRI
Term
Cardinal Signs of Inflammation
Definition
1. Rubor (redness)
2. Tumor (swelling)
3. Calor (heat)
4. Dolor (Pain)
5. Functio Laesa (impaired function) Galen
Term
Rubor
Definition
Redness
Term
Tumor
Definition
Swelling
Term
Calor
Definition
Heat
Term
Dolor
Definition
Pain
Term
1st stage of Inflammation
Definition
0-4 hours - Rubor, Calor
performed factors - antibodies, complement, serum factors, vasoactive factors
Term
2nd stage of Inflammation
Definition
4-48 hours Rubor, Calor, Dolor, Tumor
Influx of neutrophils
Term
3rd stage of Inflammation
Definition
24-96 hours
Rubor, Calor, Dolor, Tumor, functio laesa
Influx of macrophages
Term
4th stage of Inflammation
Definition
96+ hours
Adaptive immunity - T lymphocytes are activated and migrate to the inflammatory site
Term
Edward Jenner (1749-1823)
Definition
Smallpox vaccine
Saw milkmaids did not get smallpox after getting cowpox
Term
Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865)
Definition
Savior of Mother
Started handwashing
Was ridiculed for it
Term
Robert Koch (1843-1910)
Definition
Term
Louis Pasteur
Definition
Pasteurization
Term
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
Definition
Started psychology
Term
Sir Joseph Lister (1827-1912)
Definition
Started using Carbolic Acid to disinfect instruments
Term
George Papanicolaou (1883-1962)
Definition
Pap Smear
Term
Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955)
Definition
Pennicilin
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