基础医学英语unit 15.pptVIP

Unit 15 A Survey of Modern Medicine Word Formation aden/o- 腺 ( adenine; adenoma ) thym/o- 胸腺 ( thymine; thymocyte ) -form 具有…形状的 ( coliform ) chlor/o- 氯 ( chloramphenicol / chloromycetin; chloroform ) -phil(e) 嗜；亲 ( eosinophil; haemophilus ) Symbol of Medicine 国家医学考试中心NMEC标志 国家医学考试中心徽标释义： 1．“蛇笔”图案引用国际上广泛 表示医疗卫生“蛇杖” 图案， 代表医疗卫生考试 2．“1985”为中心成立时间3．“NMEC”为“National Medical Examination Center”的英文缩写4．橄榄枝象征生命、健康与和平5．图案采用深蓝色 Asklepios, carrying his staff, a symbol of medicine. Background Knowledge The symbol of medicine A staff or rod with a snake curled around it is the staff (the rod) of Aesculapius (also called Asklepios), the ancient mythical god of medicine. His Greek name was Asklepios and his Roman name was Aesculapius. In reality, Asklepios may have once lived and been renowned for his gentle, humane remedies and his humane treatment of the mentally ill. According to mythology, Asculapius had a number of children including Hygeia, the goddess of health (from whose name comes the word hygiene) and Panaceia, the goddess of healing (from whose name comes the word panacea for a universal remedy). Today, the staff of Aesculapius is a commonly used symbol of medicine. It is the symbol of the American Medical Association (AMA) and many other medical societies. Patients wishing to be cured by the god visited his temple site, called an Asklepion. It was believed that Asklepios cured patients by visiting them in their sleep at the Asklepion. Sometimes the patient was cured by Asklepios’s daughters, Panacea and Hygeia, who were often helped by snakes. Alternatively, patients would describe their dreams to a priest of Asklepios, who would interpret the dreams and suggest a treatment. The cult of Asklepios continued to flourish in Roman times, although he was known to the Romans as ‘Aesculapi