Paradigms of Medical History

Tyree, Phillip III

Paradigms of Medical History

dc.contributor.advisor	Marcum, James
dc.contributor.author	Tyree, Phillip III
dc.contributor.department	Biochemistry.	en_US
dc.contributor.other	Baylor University.	en_US
dc.contributor.schools	honors college	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2020-05-21T13:33:16Z
dc.date.available	2020-05-21T13:33:16Z
dc.date.copyright	2020
dc.date.issued	2020-05-21
dc.description.abstract	There have been two prominent beliefs in western medicine through history: humoralism and modern scientific medicine. Despite humoralism often being looked at as a quite aged medical practice, there are still influences from the times of antiquity, such as the well-known Hippocratic Oath. This influence has often led people to view the progression of medicine as a constant evolution, but this thesis looks into how the history of medicine is made up of several paradigms. I analyze the development of humoralism in Ancient Greece and Rome and how it overtook the prior belief based on superstitions and religion. Then, I look into the major scientific and medical discoveries from the Renaissance, Enlightenment, and up to the current times, showing the development of the scientific medicine that we now know. This allowed me to suggest that, rather than developing from each other, these paradigms of medicine developed independently, causing an incommensurable paradigm shift.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/2104/10881
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
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dc.rights.accessrights	Worldwide access	en_US
dc.subject	Medical history.	en_US
dc.subject	Medical paradigms.	en_US
dc.subject	Humoralism.	en_US
dc.subject	Scientific medicine.	en_US
dc.title	Paradigms of Medical History	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US