Medicine (in Latin: ars medicina), which is the art of treatment; it is the science that combines the experiences of humanity in caring for the human being, and the suffering of diseases, diseases and injuries that affect his body or psychology or the environment in which he lives, and try to find treatment in both medicine and surgical and conducted on the patient. It also deals with the conditions that encourage, prevent and prevent diseases, and aspects of this science attention to the conditions and health conditions, and try to improve them.
Medicine is an applied science that benefits from human experiences throughout history. In modern times, medicine is based on scientific studies documented in laboratory and clinical trials.
The beginnings of the science of medicine
Medicine is a profession of the same old man as it was associated at the beginning with the work of magic and sorcery and djell in ancient times and primitive societies where practiced by priests and sorcery and then progressed somewhat with ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia and Egypt (Pharaohs who excelled in the embalming of the dead) and India and China (Chinese acupuncture) ) Until the change of quality in the time of the Greeks and Greece and the emergence of Hippocrates (one of the most famous doctors in history and the owner of the department known as his name and committed to the ethics of the profession) and Galenos and others and with the emergence of Arab and Islamic civilization and the development of experimental scientific practice began medicine takes its form Rove today through the work of scientists and senior doctors such as Ibn Sina (Sheikh President, who was known as the first researchers in the field of psychiatry and the first who gave the drug through the syringe and much more) and Ibn al-Nafis (the discoverer of micro circulation) and Zahrawi and Razi and many others who remained their books and their work Studied throughout the world until the seventeenth century, paving the way for the great developments that followed with the emergence of the Renaissance in Europe and then the industrial revolution to the present times, which led to major developments in all sciences, including medicine and philosophy.
- See also medicine and pharmacy in the era of Islamic civilization
[Edit] Medical process
The procedure consists of:
- Patient history.
- Reasons: is to study the causes of morbidity.
- Pathological: is the study mechanism mechanism.
Pathological physiology: is the study of changes in major functions when the disease. - Study of symptoms: is the study of all the apparent signs, which is also a clinical study.Meanwhile clinical study is the result of complementary tests. Due to the development of radiographic imaging techniques, the study of quasi-clinical symptoms has emerged.
- Diagnosis: is the disease identification.
Differential Diagnosis: A description of diseases with similar symptoms that can be mixed with the disease under diagnosis. - Treatment: It is a cure for this disease.
Predictability is the study of the odds of disease progression. - Psychology: The psychology of the patient is an important element in the success of the medical process. As early as 1963, medical historian Jean Starobinski said: "A truly complete medical process is not limited to this technical aspect. If the doctor wants to perform his function fully, he establishes a relationship with the patient that will meet the emotional needs of the latter."
The medical process is not only a body given medicine but a psychological condition that needs support
[Edit] Prospects and Limits of Medicine
The boundary between medicine and Malice was the focus of several studies. The achievements of Western medicine in the 19th century (anesthesia, sterilization, vaccination and antibiotics) and its widespread spread around the world make it a typical medicine despite the survival of other treatments. This explains the refusal of Western institutes to recognize traditional, non-European, Chinese, Arab and other traditional medicine. But by the end of the 20th century, the emergence of antibiotic resistance, some intractable viruses and untreatable diseases, traditional medicine had returned some recognition. This is reflected in the return of this type of medicine along with modern medicine in Europe such as Chinese acupuncture and herbal therapy. As well as the end of the twentieth century and the emergence of the concept of globalization, this traditional medicine saw its way to light. "This is evident in the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2002 setting its first general strategy for traditional or alternative medicine.
Medicine, especially Western medicine has achieved several successes after the nineteenth century, including:
Not working on a microscope
- Increase the average age.
- Low level of death of newborns.
- Technical ability to eliminate many old diseases such as tuberculosis and tuberculosis.
But medical practice can sometimes be harmful, as medical intervention can harm human health:
Side effects of treatments, which are unwanted side effects of medical treatment. Therefore, medical treatments have been divided into categories according to their severity and side effects on the patient, pregnant and lactating women as well as children.
Antibiotic resistance caused by misuse of therapeutic resources by both the physician and the patient seeking treatment
- Medical errors that occur as a result of the human factor in the treatment process, either because of lack of experience of the doctor, or because of negligence
Modern medicine also presents many future expectations and hopes to achieve them.
- Find treatments for some of the most difficult diseases such as AIDS and others
- Progress in cloning research and production of stem cells.