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Medicine and Healing. Green Team. Irma Miramontes Henry Castro Oscar Gonzalez Joe Park. Allopathic vs. Holistic Medicine. Irma. Allopathic Medicine. Definition: Treatment of Disease by conventional means. Greek: “allos”: other and “pathos”: disease or suffering

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  1. Medicine and Healing Green Team Irma Miramontes Henry Castro Oscar Gonzalez Joe Park

  2. Allopathic vs. Holistic Medicine Irma

  3. Allopathic Medicine Definition: Treatment of Disease by conventional means. Greek: “allos”: other and “pathos”: disease or suffering History: C.F.S. Hahnmann coined the term in 1842. Disease can can be treated with drugs thought capable of producing the same symptoms in healthy people as the disease itself (Medical Dictionary) Irma

  4. Allopathic Medicine • Requirements • Formal education • Training/internship • Goal • Focus on Disease • Drugs/Surgery/PT • Practiced by Medical Doctors & Surgeons Irma

  5. Allopathic Medicine Medicine by Gender & Specialty (AMA) Irma

  6. Allopathic Medicine Physicians by Race/Ethnicity 2006 (AMA) Irma

  7. Holistic Medicine • Definition: Harmony of the physical mental, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects of health. • History: Originated in China 5,000 yrs ago • Socially accepted 1970’s as an alternative method of medicine. Irma

  8. Holistic Medicine • Titles • Healers, midwives, wise women, counselors, witches and Dr. Mom • Goal • Balance of Body, Mind, and Spirit • (interconnected) Irma

  9. Holistic Medicine • Methods • Herbs, spices, stones, and other natural substances • Learn by experience, observation, Mother-Daughter Irma

  10. Holistic Medicine • Forms of Holistic Medicine • Aroma Therapy • Herbal Therapy • Acupuncture • Music Therapy Meditation Yoga Chiropractic Fasting & cleansing Irma

  11. Roles that women have played in the history of medicine, healing and the technologies of healing. Henry

  12. Women In Ancient History • Merit Ptah • (Egypt, 2700 BC), described in an inscription as "chief physician” • Earliest women named in the History Of Science • Agamede • Cite by Homer as a healer in Greece • Agnodike • first female physician to practice legally in 4th Century BC in Athens

  13. Medieval Europe • Convents • Most women and nuns would study at convents to pursue and study scholarly research • University of Bologna • Allowed some women to study in and at University level • Gender biases still made it hard for women Henry

  14. 16th & 17th Centuries • Dorothea Christiane Erxleben • First female medical doctor in Germany • she published atract arguing that women should be allowed to attend university Henry

  15. 19th century • Lucy Hobbs Taylor • March 14, 1833 in Constable, New York • The first American female dentist • Vera Ignatievna Giedroyc • First woman-surgeon in Russia • Her work in laparotomies during the Russo-Japanese War was among the first to achieve a high success rate • World War I • Marie Diana Equi • American medical doctor • Activist for women's access to birth control and abortion • 1906 San Francisco earthquake, she organized a group of doctors and nurses to provide humanitarian aid Henry

  16. 20th Century • Virginia Apgar • American physician who specialised in anesthesia • Developer of theApgar test, a method of assessing the health of newborn babies that has drastically reduced infant mortality over the world. • Jane Elizabeth Hodgson • American obstetrician and gynecologist • She is the only person ever convicted in the United States of performing an abortion in a hospital • Nancy C. Andrews • Only woman heading any of the top ten medical schools in the U.S Henry

  17. How have Modern medicine been place into the hierarchies of preference? Oscar

  18. Prehistory Women's roles as food processors noticing plant properties. • Own experience • Observation Oscar

  19. Early 19th century medicine Women distrusted early medicine • Prescriptions were too harsh • Doctors knew little about diseases Effects • Basically experimenting on humans Outcome • Fatality in many situation Oscar

  20. Modern Medicine System for developing drugs Oscar

  21. Phase stages in medicine development Preclinical • In vitro (Petri dish or test tube) • Animal testing Oscar

  22. The FDA requires that all approved drugs fulfill two requirements: permission through the IND application • The drug must be found to be effective based on the treatment for which it is seeking approval. • The drug must meet safety criteria by being subject to extensive animal testing. Oscar (Food and Drug administration)

  23. Phase stagesClinical research Phase I- (small group of volunteers 20-100) • Safety • Immune system response Phase II- (large pool 100-500) • Best Dose • Safety Phase III- (larger group range from 1,000-5,000) • Does it work? Oscar

  24. Final phases of drug Development • FDA Review- Submitting of the New Drug Application (NDA) for FDA approval. • Phase IV- Manufacturing of the new Drug Oscar

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  26. Women in Health and Medicine Patricia Bath • She was born in Harlem in 1942 • Invented the laserphacoprobe, this is used as a direct laser beam that beaks up cataracts • She also invented a tool used removing cataracts • Invented a pulsed ultrasound method for emulsifying and removing lenses afflicted with cataracts Gertrude Elion • Born in New York in 1921 • Developed cure for childhood leukemia, gout and herpes • First scientist to discover the immunosuppressant that made kidney transplant possible • Established the ground for AZT, the drug that was to be used against AIDS Joe

  27. Women in Health and Medicine Clara Barton • Born in December 25, 1821 • Known for her Civil War service • Founder of American Red Cross Rosalind Franklin • Discover the helical structure of DNA Hannah Conway, Isabella Walker and Elizabeth Staples • All three of them helped invent the hospital bed in the 1800’s Drs. Rachel Fuller Brown and Elizabeth Hazen • Jointly invented the first safe and fungicidal antibiotic mainly meant for open heart surgery Dr. Janet Sterling Baldwin • Pioneered in complete-care programs for children with cardiac disease Joe

  28. Technology used for Women’s Health Mammogram • Is the process of using low-dose amplitude X-Rays to examine the human breast and is used as a diagnostic and a screening tool • It is used to detect of women have breast cancer Joe

  29. Technology used for Women’s Health C-Section • Caesarean is a surgical procedure in which one or more incisions are made through a mother's abdomen and uterus to deliver one or more babies, or, rarely, to remove a dead fetus. Joe

  30. Technology used for Women’s Health Cosmetic Surgery • Cosmetic surgery can be defined as a method of correction or restoration of any part of the body. • It was done on those who had suffered from any severe burns, got an injury in any part of the body, or born with some ugly birth marks or physical defects. • Many people are not happy with certain features of their body. So they wish to change the shape or size of that feature to enhance their look. Joe

  31. Quiz What is the difference between the focus of allopathic vs. holistic medicine? Who was the first women American dentist? What clinical phase determines the best dosage through the drug development stage? Who started the American Red Cross?

  32. Thank you

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