alexia freeman Heathcare history

By lexia freeman
  • 3000 BCE

    Primitive Time (20 years life span)

    Primitive Time (20 years life span)
    -illness and diseases were a punishment from the gods
    -tribal with doctors treated illness with ceremonies
    -herbs and plants used as medicines
    -trepanation or trephining (surgically removing a piece of bone from the skull.
  • 3000 BCE

    Ancient Egyptians(life span 20-30 years)

    Ancient Egyptians(life span 20-30 years)
    -Physicians were priests
    -Bloodletting or leeches was used as medical treatment
    -Egyptians kept accurate health records
    -Developeds the art of splinting and fractures
  • 1200 BCE

    Ancient Greeks(25-35 years)

    Ancient Greeks(25-35 years)
    -Believed illness was a natural cause
    -Stressed diet and exercise as ways to prevent disease
    -Average life span was 25-35 years
    -first to observe the human body and the effects of diseases of the body.
  • 800 BCE

    dark ages(20-30 years)

    dark ages(20-30 years)
    -dark ages emphasis on saving soul and study of medicine banned
    -monks and priest provided custodial care for sick
    -prayer and divine intervention used
    -medications herbal mixes
  • 410 BCE

    ancient romans(25 to 35 years)

    ancient romans(25 to 35 years)
    -First to organize medical care for wounded soldiers
    -early hospitals allowed for separation of well and sick.
    -beinning of public health and sanitation systems
    -diet exercise and medications used to treat disease.
  • 220 BCE

    ancient chinese(20-30years)

    ancient chinese(20-30years)
    -believed in thee need to treat the whole body by curing the spirit and the body
    -began to search for medical reasons for illness
    -used therapies such as acupunture

  • Alexia freeman heathcare history