Наталия Шок, Автор в Medical history and bioethics

History and philosophy of Ancient medicine

Philosophical points of rational knowledge in the theoretical and practical system of Galen (on the basis of the example of “Adhortatio ad artes addiscendas”)

Наталия Шок2 months ago2 months ago03 mins

D.A. Balalykin, A.P. Shcheglov, N.P. Shok
In an analysis of Galen’s “Adhortatio ad artes addiscendas”, the authors examine its epistemological model. One of the main theses of Galen is the quality of the human soul (the presence of intelligent design within it), providing for the possibility of rationally exploring the surrounding world. The result of rational-empirical activity is the gaining of true knowledge.

The conception of hospital care at the time of epidemics in the II−III centuries

Наталия Шок2 months ago2 months ago01 mins

N.P. Shok
One of the topical issues in medicine remains identifying the historically proven causes of the emergence of hospital care. Historiography holds an opinion about the bloom of this socio-medical phenomenon between the IV and V centuries. At the same time the circumstances that aff ected its rapid development have not yet been exhaustively researched.

Pirogov vs. Galen: Philosophical Method in Medicine

Наталия Шок2 months ago2 months ago02 mins

Nataliya Shok.
Adjacent fields of research are of much interest in modern medical science — neurobiology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, robotics, etc. At the same time, if the existence of high-tech medical equipment is disregarded, it is possible to discover that modern medicine exists not only within the ethics of Hippocrates but also depends in many ways on his ideas in the fields of theory and practice. This fact underscores the important methodological role of the history of medicine in the emergence of the researching doctor.