Uroscopy

Japanese: uroscopy
Uroscopy

… [Kenkichi Koiso]
[Cultural History]
It has been firmly believed since the time of Hippocrates that urine provides a wealth of information about the health of the human body. Galen and Celsus also described standards for detecting illness and its prognosis from the properties of urine, and uroscopy, which continued from the Middle Ages until the 18th century, also based its diagnosis on the color, clearness or turbidity of urine, and sediment. Although the analytical method is significantly different from that of modern medical urine tests, the fundamental way of thinking about its meaning is the same as that of Hippocrates.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "uroscopy" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【小磯 謙吉】
【文化史】
 尿が人体の健康に関する多数の情報を提供することについては,ヒッポクラテスの時代から固く信じられていた。ガレノスやケルススも,尿の性状から病気とその予後を探る基準を述べているし,中世から18世紀まで続いたユロスコピーuroscopyも,尿の色調や清濁の様相,沈渣(ちんさ)などを診断根拠にしている。現代医学の尿検査とは分析方法が著しく異なってはいても,根本的な意味づけの思考方法はヒッポクラテスと共通している。…

※「uroscopy」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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