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Period: 4000 BCE to
Early beginning
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Period: 2999 BCE to 399
Ancient Times
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1900 BCE
Ancient Chinese
These acupuncture treatments are still devolving and now being used for todays medical treatments -
900 BCE
Ancient Greeks
Hippocrates- Hippocrates the father of medicine based his knowledge of anatomy of observation of external body Illness cause Nature vs spiritual- They soon realized that these sicknesses were natural rather than spiritual and developed the use of massages and herbal therapies Dissection- During the ancient time period the religious customs didn’t allow bodies to be dissected -
100
Ancient Romans
They sent medical equipment and physicians with there armies to care for the wounded soliders The physicians kept a room for the sick or ill to keep up with sanitation Hospitals were used for caring to the sick and ill the physicians were payed by the government to work at hospitals -
Period: 400 to 800
Dark age
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500
Stopped the study of medicine, why?
They stopped the study of medicine because the church believed that life and death were in gods hands, and the priest and mom had no interest in the body -
700
How do they treat disease
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700
How do they treat disease?
Their main source of treatment was prayers. Otherwise medication consisted of a herbal mixture -
Period: 800 to 1400
Middle age
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1100
Epidemics
Epidemics caused millions to die during this time period -
Period: 1350 to
Renaissance
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1450
Rebirth
Universities- the buildings of universities and medical school is for research
Dissection- the dissection of the body is for studies
Books- the access for books and others allowed good knowledge -
Period: 1501 to
16th and 17th century
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1515
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci study and recorded the anatomy of the body -
1550
Gabriele Fallopius
Gabrielle Fallopius discovered the fallopian tubes of the female anatomy -
1563
Bartolommeo Eustachio
Bartolommeo Eustachio discovered the tube leading to the ear to throat and is called Eustachian tube -
William Harvey
William Harvey used his knowledge for physiology and discovered the circulation of the blood and the pumping of the heart -
Antonie von Leeuwenhoek
Antonie von Leeuwenhoek discovered the microscope and realized there was a life smaller than eye and he found bacteria under the tooth that leads to decay -
Apothecaries
Early pharmacies started during this time and engaged in flourishing trade in drugs and spices -
Period: to
18th century
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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin discovered what could affect us he discovered bifocals and found color could lead to person to person -
Medical students learning
Students had to go to lectures, laboratories and attend patients at bedside -
Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley Discovered the usage of oxygen and discovered plants refresh air that has lost of oxygen making it usable for respiration -
Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner Discovered a vaccinated for small pox which killed millions during this time period which then his discovery saved many lives -
Rene Laenec
Rene Laenec invented the stethoscope and the very first one was made out of would. It help to hear the heart and lungs to hear. -
Period: to
19th and 20th century
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Ignaz Semmelweis
Ignaz Semmelweis identify the caused of childbed fever and took notes of how the doctors were delivering the baby -
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale Is the founder of the modern nursing -
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur Also known as the father of microbiology discovered tiny microorganisms. -
Dmitri Ivanovski
Dmitri Ivanovski Discovered virus that were going through our body -
Joseph Lister
Joseph Lister Became the first doctor to use asepsis during a surgery to help with no infections -
Ernst von Bergmann
He discovered from other research that with using asepsis there would be a germ-free zone before and during surgery -
Robert Koch
he devolved a culture plate method to identify pathogens and isolated the bacteria -
Paul Ehrlich
He discovered the effect of medicine on disease causing microorganism -
Wilhelm Roentgen
He discovered the use of xrays and took the very first xray photo -
Anesthesia
In early years the used herbs and alcohol to help with the pain for surgery before anesthesia was invented -
Sir Alexander Fleming (
Found that penicillin killed life threading bacteria -
Sigmund Freud
Discovered the conscious and unconscious of the brain -
Gerhard Domagk
He discovered sulfonamide compounds and those compounds were the first medication killing bacteria -
Albert Sabin
He used a live polio virus vaccine which is more effective -
Francis Crick and James Watson
They both discovered the molecular of DNA structure known as a helix -
Christian Barnard
He preformed the first successful heart transplant -
Ben Carson
He continues to be a pioneer in separating twins and hemispherectomics -
Jonas Salk
He discovered that the dead polio virus would cause immunity to poliomyelitis -
Period: to
21st century
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5 advancements in medicine
The nurse assistants perform extra task Employees from other departments learn patient care Food service works know provide food for patients The reregistered nurse delegate the patient care task according to the training and the expertise of the assistive personnel Someone brought nursing care in the homes of the poor -
Ancient Egyptians
The priest acted like physicians
They were the earliest people to keep accurate records
Treatment was letting the leeches bloodlettings -
Medicines used today
Digitalis is for heart
Quinine is for fevers
Morphine is for pain
Belladonna and atropine is for stomach aces -
Treatments for sick
They perform exorcise to treat patients -
Diseases caused by
Super natural spirits