THE BIOMEDICAL MODEL
Dr. Jaime Llambías-Wolff,
York University
Canada
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The Origins and Evolution of the Biomedical Model: From Aristotle to Contemporary Medicine, Study notes of Medicine
An in-depth exploration of the history and development of the biomedical model in medicine. From the ancient Greek philosophers Aristotle and Galen to the modern figures of Galileo and Descartes, this text traces the evolution of medical thinking and the role of science in shaping the biomedical perspective. The document also covers the emergence of the germ theory and the impact of new technologies on contemporary medicine.
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THE BIOMEDICAL MODEL
Dr. Jaime Llambías-Wolff, York University Canada
CONTENT
THE ORIGINS AND HISTORY OF THE BIOMEDICAL MODEL ARISTOTLE, GALILEO, DESCARTES THE ROLE OF SCIENCE AND BRIEF HISTORY OF MEDICAL PRACTICE THE GERM THEORY MEDICAL INNOVATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES CONTEMPORARY MEDICINE THE PHYSICIAN TODAY
Aristotle Born: 384 BC in Stagirus, Macedonia, Greece Died: 322 BC in Chalcis, Euboea, Greece
AFTER COLLAPSE OF ROMAN EMPIRE AND BEGINNING OF MIDDLE AGE (500-1500)
Conflict between philosophy and religion Church values dominates the medical practice
Galileo Galilei
Born: 15 Feb 1564 in Pisa (now in Italy) Died: 8 Jan 1642 in Arcetri (near Florence) (now in Italy)
He is chiefly remembered for his work on free fall, his use of the telescope and his employment of experimentation. He carried out experiments on strings to support his musical theories. Galileo studied medicine at the university of Pisa, but his real interests were always in mathematics and natural philosophy.
His duties were mainly to teach Euclid s geometry and standard (geocentric) astronomy to medical students, who would need to know some astronomy in order to make use of astrology in their medical practice
In 1598, Galileo had stated that he was a Copernican. Copernicanism was in contradiction with Scripture
René Descartes
Born: 31 March 1596 in La Haye (now Descartes), France Died: 11 Feb 1650 in Stockholm, Sweden
... in order to express my judgment
more freely, without being called upon
to assent to, or to refute the opinions
of the learned, I resolved to leave all
this world to them and to speak solely
of what would happen in a new world,
if God were now to create ... and allow
her to act in accordance with the laws
He had established.
I concluded that I might take as a general rule the principle that all things which we very clearly and obviously conceive are true: only observing, however, that there is some difficulty in rightly determining the objects which we distinctly conceive. Discours de la Méthode. 1637.
Quotations by René Descartes
Roots of biomedical
Model
- Religious view of body altered to scientific perspective with Descartes theory of mind-‐body dualism
- Body viewed objectively
- Medical action concerned with causes of disease-‐ problems could be pinpointed
- Materialization-‐ humans only seen as physiological entities