文档介绍：医学院校硕士研究生英语读与写
中国人民大学出版社
English for Master Students in Medical Universities
China Renmin University Press
教材总主编卢凤香
主编: 张海萍张华君殷红梅
编者: 闵楠苏萍任雁
郑守志刘娟谢瑜
课件制作主编: 郑守志刘娟
课件制作参与人:张海萍张华君卢凤香
课件审阅人: 美籍专家James Boulton
Unit 1
Text A
The Hippocratic Oath
Outline
Background information to Text B
Analysis of the text
Global analysis of the text
Analysis of the text structure
Summary of the text
Reference answers to the exercises
Background information to Text A
Introduction to the author
Hippocrates was a Greek physician born in 460 BC on the island of Cos, Greece. He became known as the founder of medicine and is regarded as the greatest physician of his time. He based his medical practice on observations and on the study of the human body. He held the belief that illness has a physical as well as a rational explanation.
Background information to Text A
Introduction to the author
He rejected mon view of his time that considered illness to be caused by superstitions, possession by evil spirits and disfavor from the gods. Hippocrates held the belief that the body must be treated as a whole and not just a series of parts. He accurately described disease symptoms and was the first physician to accurately describe the symptoms of pneumonia, as well as child epilepsy.
Background information to Text A
Introduction to the author
He believed in the natural healing process of rest, a good diet, fresh air and cleanliness. He noted that there were individual differences in the severity of disease symptoms and that some individuals were better able to cope with their disease and illness than others. He was also the first physician that held the belief that thoughts, ideas, and e from the brain and not the heart as others of his time believed.