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Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Early Beginnings
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3900 BCE
Disease Caused by?
Evil Spirits -
3600 BCE
Treatments for sick?
In an attempt to heal, tribal doctors performed ceremonies to exorcise evil Spirits. -
3100 BCE
Medicines used today
-Digitalis is made from foxglove plant, this was used to strengthen and slow heartbeat
-Quinine comes from the bark of the cinchona tree. It controls fever, relaxes muscles, and helps prevent malaria
- Belladonna and atropine are made from poisonous nightshade plant. They relieve muscle spasms and helps prevent malaria with gastrointestinal pain.
-Morphine is made from the opium poppy, it is very addicting and used for severe pain when nothing else works -
Period: 2999 BCE to 399 BCE
Ancient Times
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2900 BCE
Ancient Egyptians
-Ancient Egyptians were the earliest people to keep accurate health records
- The priests acted as the physicians
-They used medicines to heal disease, but also called upon gods to heal them -
Period: 400 to 800
Dark Age
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Period: 800 to 1400
Middle Age
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Period: 1350 to
Penaissance
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Ancient Chinese
Acupuncture therapies treated a variety of the illness and disease with stone tools, they developed into the advanced practice of Chinese acupuncture, still common today