In order for the human body to work properly, the element and humors must be in harmony. Physicians used theories from astrologist, beliefs from the Church, almanacs and charts to diagnose and treat patients. Christ was the first and most important physician. He was considered as a physician to heal sinners while priest
The ancient Greeks invented the idea that every disease has a natural cause and a cure. In the text “Principles and Practices of Urology” “Hippocrates began teaching that every disease had only natural causes. He is known as the great Greek physician. Hippocrates was the first physician known who considered medicine to be a science, and to be separate from religion.” In the modern world, it has become common knowledge that illness and disease have natural causes.
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As a young girl, I simply thought that doctors just treated diseases. When one was sick they went to the doctor, the doctor diagnosed them and gave them a suitable treatment. However, as a first year medical student I now know that this is not the case. In modern society doctors don’t treat diseases- they treat the people who have the diseases. It’s not just medical students or people in the medical profession who know this- modern society as a whole has come to accept the fact that doctors are no longer medical scientists but carers who put their patients needs first and not the disease or illness they may have.
