Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 6:45 am
Salve Duelli,
I know what it is like; I and most of my family had the flu last week. But take heart, it only seems to last 4-5 days.
I have never seen germ theory or any theory that ascribed disease to natural agents attributed to the ancients. The classic medical writers tended to see disease as the result of imbalances within the body (cf Aristotle's four humours). Perhaps one could see germ theory in the conception that some disease was caused by spiritual invasion. After all, nasty bacteria and viruses are nothing but spiteful little demons, aren't they?
Just because I haven't seen something doesn't mean that it doesn't exist, however. Let's see if anyone else knows something that we don't.
Tergestus
I know what it is like; I and most of my family had the flu last week. But take heart, it only seems to last 4-5 days.
I have never seen germ theory or any theory that ascribed disease to natural agents attributed to the ancients. The classic medical writers tended to see disease as the result of imbalances within the body (cf Aristotle's four humours). Perhaps one could see germ theory in the conception that some disease was caused by spiritual invasion. After all, nasty bacteria and viruses are nothing but spiteful little demons, aren't they?
Just because I haven't seen something doesn't mean that it doesn't exist, however. Let's see if anyone else knows something that we don't.
Tergestus