Human Disease
The brief survey of the human body has given us a glimpse into two different studies that are considered the fundamentals of medical sciences, namely anatomy and physiology.
In fact, the modern approach to the study of disorder emphasizes the close relationship of the pathological and physiological aspects and the need to understand the fundamentals of each in treating any body diseases.
Human Disease
Symbol of Medicine
Background Knowledge
The symbol of medicine A staff or rod with a snake curled around it is the staff (the rod) of Aesculapius (also called Asklepios), the ancient mythical god of medicine. In reality, Asklepios may have once lived and been renowned for his gentle, humane remedies.
succumb to 屈从于，死于 ~ to curiosity ~ to temptation
What is disease?
Hundreds of different diseases exist. Each has its own particular set of symptoms and signs, clues that enable a physician to diagnose the problem. A symptom is something a patient can detect, such as fever, bleeding, or pain. A sign is something a doctor can detect, such as a swollen blood vessel or an enlarged internal body organ.
symptom 症状 sign 体征 diagnose 诊断 bleeding 出血 swollen 肿大的
Classification
According to mythology, Asculapius had a number of children including Hygeia, the goddess of health (from whose name comes the word "hygiene") and Panaceia, the goddess of healing (from whose name comes the word "panacea" for a universal remedy).
What is disease?
Then what is a disease? It may be defined as a condition that impairs the proper function of the body or of one of its parts. Every living thing, both plants and animals, can succumb to disease. People, for example, are often infected by tiny bacteria, but bacteria, in turn, can be infected by even more minute viruses.
However, the picture is not complete without considering pathology, the science that deals with the structural and functional changes produced by the disease.
Today, the staff of Aesculapius is a commonly used symbol of medicine.
It is the symbol of many medical societies.
Human Disease
What is disease? Classification Causes How germs invade the body? How the body fights disease? How the body become immune to disease? Treatment of disease
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Patients wishing to be cured by the god visited his
temple site, called an Asklepion.
It was believed that Asklepios cured patients by visiting them in their sleep at the Asklepion. Sometimes the patient was cured by Asklepios’s daughters, Panacea and Hygeia, who were often helped by snakes.