History of Medicine

32. What methods did people use in the past to prevent illnesses?

To prevent illnesses people use magic and pray. Also they wear amulets.

33. What is acupuncture? Why has it become so widely used?

Originally acupuncture was used to treat disease. Now scientist believe that the needles may stimulate the brain to produce morphine like painkillers called endorphins and enkephalins and that is effectiveness in controlling chronic pain.

34. What was Hippocrates contribution into medicine?

Hippocrates freed medicine from superstition. He established the facts that disease was a natural process, that its symptoms were the reactions of the natural forces of the body. Hippocrates noted the effect of food, of occupation and, especially, of climate in causing disease. Also Hippocrates prescribed blood-letting.

35. How were disease treated in early society?

In ancient civilization medical advice came from healers and folk wisdom. Fold medicine prescribed a dirty sock around the neck if you wanted to cure the common cold or a pair of shoes placed upside down under the bed to relieve leg cramps. Tobacco juice was supposed to heal an earache and black pepper to cure asthma.

Healt care system in Ukraine

36. What are the core components of Ukraine Health Care?

The core components of Ukraine Health Care include the Ministry of Public Health Care, responsible for setting national health polices, and certain specialized health instutions.

37. How is the present health care system organized?

Today, the health care system is a complex multilayered system where responsibilities in health care sector are distributed among central government, 27 regional, numerous municipal and district, township and village levels.

38. What health problems are of prime importance at present.

39. What aggravates poor access to the medical care in Ukraine?

40. What are the main causes of death among working-age make patients?