History of Medicine
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What methods did people use
in the past to prevent illnesses?
To prevent illnesses people use
magic and pray. Also they wear amulets.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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What health problems are of
prime importance at present.
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What aggravates poor access to
the medical care in Ukraine?
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What are the main causes of
death among working-age make patients?
