Examination themes

Examination themes:

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   History of Medicine as a science and subject;
   
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   Medicine in the ancient times: Mesopotamian Medicine - Ancient Sumeri and Babylone; Medicine in Egypt; Views and links of ancient Georgian Medicine – archaeological fundings; Medea – begining of medicine and pharmacy.
   
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   Chinese Medicine: Phylosophical fundamentals; Indications and principals of main methods of treatment.
   
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   Indian Medicine: Fundamentals of Veda, Unani and Sidha Medicine; Indian religeon and phylosophy – determinant of Indian medicine; Veda Medicine on sources of energy, pathology and constitutional types; Principals of Yoga.
   
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   Persian Medicine: Avesta about patology and death, healing and wellbeing.
   
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   Tibetan medicine: Nature of integral phenomenon; Polypharmacy and hollistic medicine.
   
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   Greeko-Romanian Medicine: Hellenic culture – the cradle of world civilization and begining of modern medicine; Pythagor, Plato, Aristotle on the issues of death and life; Hypocrite – the “Father of Medicine”.
   
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   The Old Testament and medicine.The main trends of Jewish phylosophy. Rules of Moses on medicine.
   
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   Christianity and it’s role in the reformation of the world thinking, medical relations and approaches. Activities of saint healers in Georgia: St. Nino, St. Peter Iberian, cappadocian clerics, 13 Assirian Fathers, Illarion The Georgian etc; Early georgian renaissance: first georgian medical manuscripts.
   
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    Islamic Medicine: Roots and development of medieval medicine; Arabian scholars – al Birun, Averoes, Avenzohar and their contributions; Avicenna – thr patriarch of world medicine.
    
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    Medicine in medieval Europe: Scholastics and Galenizm. Educational centres in Paris (1110), Bologna (1115), Padua, Oxford (1167); Medical School of Salerno etc.
    
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    Medieval Geoergian Medicine: Trends and phylosophical background; Main sources – universal monographs on medicine.
    
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    Renaissance in Western Europe. Revival of Neoplatonizm. The method of trial in science (medicine).
    
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    Medicine in XVII-XIX cc’s Eorope: Development of various branches, disciplines of medicine. Idealistic directions: Pragmatism, Relativizm and Positivizm – main trends of Gnoseology.
    
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    Alternative, Traditional, Complementary, Unconvential etc. Medicine: Various thinking systems – Homeopathy, Isotherapy, Homotoxicology etc.
    
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    Modern Medicine: Main trends and directions, problems and World Policy on medicine; International medical organizations.