I've noticed when I was reading my developing blog that I didn't have a post introducing the blog or the author/ founder of it (me). How professional of me? Well, I 'll make it up by posting the official MediLife intro.
Hello, my is name Jordyn Carney. I live in Paulding County, GA and I am expecting to go to Paulding County High School this August as a freshman. I am not the greatest at telling about myself, so here are ten facts about me:
1. I am a Beatles fan (my favorite is George Harrison).
2. I am 4 foot 9 1/2 inches (Don't judge).
3. My mom and dad are high school teachers and my stepdad is a photographer.
4. I have a younger brother and no sisters.
5. My favorite color is purple.
6. I am sort of antisocial, so this is very new to me.
7. My life is pretty boring except that I have The BEATLES!!!!!!!!
8. My favorite number is 7, so that fact above this one is my favorite fact.
9. My major pet peeve is when someone repeats a story or phrase over again and I'm just like STOP IT!
10. I am very excited to make my first blog (this one)
Okay now that that is over with, let's talk about the blog itself. MediLife is a blog were anything medical relating will be posted. At first, I was just going to do the basic which was diseases, historical figures, and medical history (as it says on the blog). Then I decided that that was boring and I wanted to post things that is not just an average essay on why cancer cells are bad. I am instead going to post anything about medical aspect of life whether I am giving a short explanation about a disease or starting a debate on why medicines with high risk factors should be used or not. I'd like the readers to also engage too and request on what I should write next or join the debates. I would really like that.
In all, Medilife is all about the Medical life and I hope you enjoy it!
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
The History of Medicine Part 2: Ancient Egypt
It is about 3300 BC and you are in Egypt. You live in this beautiful country where you believe everything is caused by your religion, most everyone could read, and you learned how to properly mummify your love ones. That is a great life your living, is it not? You know what is even better? Your medicine is much more advanced than drilling holes into citizens' skulls. This period, my friend, is ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TIMES.
During this time period, 3300 to 525 BC, medicine would grow to the point where people, mainly people who mummify, started to learn more about the human's anatomy. They learned that the heart pumped blood and bodies had pulses. They actually came up with a theory after these discoveries, called the Channel theory. This theory explained that the body had 46 channels in the body that were centered to the heart. The belief with this theory was that if these channels were clean, whether if it was from diseases or evil spirits, then you basically had a good life ahead of you.
Many different books also came through this period. There was one book in particular, called the Ebers Papyrus. This book became on the first books of medical history to give advice about keeping you healthy. Renamed by German Egyptologist Georg Moritiz Ebers, this remarkable book taught over 700 remedies and facts from learning how to do simple surgeries to knowing that the heart is the main source of blood. Many scientist used this text to enrich their studies and take care of patients better.
On the topic of making patients better, Egyptians advanced in surgery procedures. Doctors learned how to cure "night-blindness" by going through eye surgery and putting liver powder in the eye. Since Egyptians were one of the first to do surgeries close to modern day procedures, they invented the tools like scalpels, forceps, probes, saws, and scissors.
Lastly, let's talk about the people who achieved these goals. Aka the doctors. The first doctors were documented in this period. The first male doctor was a man named Sekhet-eanach "healed the Pharaoh's nostrils". No one knew what was the matter with them in the first place. The second on was named Imhotep and he was so popular that when he died, he became god in the Egyptians. They believed that he would heal the people of Egypt if they prayed to him. The first dentist, Hesy Ra (2700 BC), was called the "chief of Dentist and Doctors" by King Doiser for his brilliant works. "Where are the women?", you feminist might ask. Well the first female "doctor" was Presesnet (2400 BC) who helped deliver children out of the womb.
In all, the Ancient Egyptian times period of medicine was the birth to modern day medicine. Before we go, I want you to know that Egyptians still used herbs to heal injuries. They used herbs like willow to heal toothaches and honey to treat wombs. This is end and now you go tell your friends the Egypt is more important than just learning about Cleopatra. Bye!
Sites that need to be cited:
Explorable.com
Knowitall.org
Localhistories.org
Medicalnewstoday.com
During this time period, 3300 to 525 BC, medicine would grow to the point where people, mainly people who mummify, started to learn more about the human's anatomy. They learned that the heart pumped blood and bodies had pulses. They actually came up with a theory after these discoveries, called the Channel theory. This theory explained that the body had 46 channels in the body that were centered to the heart. The belief with this theory was that if these channels were clean, whether if it was from diseases or evil spirits, then you basically had a good life ahead of you.
Many different books also came through this period. There was one book in particular, called the Ebers Papyrus. This book became on the first books of medical history to give advice about keeping you healthy. Renamed by German Egyptologist Georg Moritiz Ebers, this remarkable book taught over 700 remedies and facts from learning how to do simple surgeries to knowing that the heart is the main source of blood. Many scientist used this text to enrich their studies and take care of patients better.
On the topic of making patients better, Egyptians advanced in surgery procedures. Doctors learned how to cure "night-blindness" by going through eye surgery and putting liver powder in the eye. Since Egyptians were one of the first to do surgeries close to modern day procedures, they invented the tools like scalpels, forceps, probes, saws, and scissors.
Lastly, let's talk about the people who achieved these goals. Aka the doctors. The first doctors were documented in this period. The first male doctor was a man named Sekhet-eanach "healed the Pharaoh's nostrils". No one knew what was the matter with them in the first place. The second on was named Imhotep and he was so popular that when he died, he became god in the Egyptians. They believed that he would heal the people of Egypt if they prayed to him. The first dentist, Hesy Ra (2700 BC), was called the "chief of Dentist and Doctors" by King Doiser for his brilliant works. "Where are the women?", you feminist might ask. Well the first female "doctor" was Presesnet (2400 BC) who helped deliver children out of the womb.
In all, the Ancient Egyptian times period of medicine was the birth to modern day medicine. Before we go, I want you to know that Egyptians still used herbs to heal injuries. They used herbs like willow to heal toothaches and honey to treat wombs. This is end and now you go tell your friends the Egypt is more important than just learning about Cleopatra. Bye!
Sites that need to be cited:
Explorable.com
Knowitall.org
Localhistories.org
Medicalnewstoday.com
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
The History of Medicine Part 1: Prehistoric Times
Imagine that you are in a world where nothing yet is to be invented, you are still wearing animal skin, and you live in places like caves or dens. You have your own food and you barely know how to speak other than grunts. Now that you have that image in your head, what do you think of? If you think of aliens on Mars, then you are wrong and need to try a little harder. If you thought about cavemen, then you are on the right path. Cavemen theoretically lived that way in a time period called the PREHISTORIC TIMES. This is a time period where it was "medicine started". Some might ask, "You mean the aspirin I take for those MASSIVE headaches?" The answer to that is no. Based on the article written by Christian Nordquist on the website, Medicalnewstoday.org, there was a theory that the only medicine they had were herbs, like Mallow (cleans out the colon) and Yarrow (reduces blood lose from injuries). The theory also states that caveman had witch doctors who would cast spells with their "supernatural powers" to make patients healthier. Sometimes they use a procedure we know today as trepanning. For readers who do not know what trepanning is, it is where the doctors would drill holes into a person's skull to "let the evil spirits out". How painful would that be? Now that we know what was thought of the Prehistoric times when it came to medicine, what would you do to survive during as a caveman. Would you be the driller or have the drilling? Before I go, if you have noticed I have said that this has theorized a lot. We do not have any documents during this time, so we can only go based on the studies in the past. Well this adventure through the cavemen period of medicine. Literally!
The sites that need to be cited:
Medicalnewstoday.com
Knowitall.org
The sites that need to be cited:
Medicalnewstoday.com
Knowitall.org
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