Allopathy -Born in the west, this system of treatment soon overshadowed all the other old and establish therapies. soon the vaidyas and hakims found people deserting them and flocking round allopaths. Those who practiced witchcraft and sorcery found that they had no scope to hoodwink the people at large. There can hardly be any doubt that the effectiveness of this system soon won the entire world to its side. This therapy may have failed to make an impact in some areas, still it was able to win the trust of the largest segment of people. It won the implicit faith of the people though it might have been looked upon with suspicion in the initial stages. There is no doubt that at present it is looked upon as the most effective and trustworthy form of treatment all over the world. Its greatest contribution to the welfare of mankind is surgery, that other system lack and as such, this modern system of medicine encompasses innumerable possibilities in the future. Continuous research and investigations are its other strong points that make it for ahead of other therapies
The modern system of medication took birth during the time when the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia were at its prime. the Greek philosopher Herodotus has written that at that time the Egyptian system of treatment overshadowed every other system. many systems of treating diseases prevailed in Greece some five hundred years before Christ. The Greek philosopher Hippocrates is considered to be the father of modern medicine. He was the first man who attempted to rid medicine and treatment of the prevalent superstitions. he laid emphasis on discovering the causes of physical ailments that beset human beings.
Hippocrates: This Greek philosopher is accepted as the father of modern medicine. Hippocrates played an important part in ridding the medical system of superstitions.
Perhaps, Hippocrates wanted to find a new path by adopting the basic principles of Ayurveda and Unani system of medication. the physicians had to subscribe to an oath after completion of their training in those times. Even today, this oath is still administered to the doctors after their education.
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After Hippocrates, another physician who earned fame in the field of medication was Gallen. Though he was a citizen of Greece, he emigrated to Rome. he wrote many books. The would be physicians learnt about diseases from the book written by him. This was the situation some 200 years before Christ. The First book on human anatomy was written by Andris Vesalius and was published in the year 1543. It was entitled De Humani Corporis Fabrica. Some time after, William Harvey discovered about the circulations of blood in the human body. Harvey established that the human heart beats 72 times in a minute. he also threw much light on the composition and working of a heart. After this, there was a spate of books as well as research in this direction. Thomas Sydenham wrote a book on the natural history of diseases. Hunter did a lot of work for developing surgical methods. Jenner discovered vaccines for different diseases while Louis Pasteur proved that certain diseases were caused by bacteria. Feud made researches in psychology while Pavlov studied the working of the nervous system. Ostler contributed a lot to modern treatment and at the same time, Lister found the way to destroy disease-carrying gems that made operations safe. Ehrlich discovered about chemical analysis and discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming was epoch-making. All these people and their persistent research helped in putting the allopathic system of treatment far ahead of all other systems.
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