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4000 BCE
primitive time(4,000 BC - 3,000 BC)
-They use plants and herbs as medicine.
-They perform ceremonies to treat the patients
-They did trephining on people's skulls.
-They thought that illness were cause by the gods as punishments.
-Their life span was 20 years old. -
3000 BCE
Ancient Egyptians(3,000 BC- 300 BC)
-Physicians were priests
-Bloodletting or leeches used as medical treatment
-They study primary on herbology and mysticism.
-They kept medical records about the patients
-Average life span is 20 years. -
1700 BCE
ancient Chinese(1700 BC- AD 220)
-Believed in the need to treat the whole body by curing the spirit and nourishing the body
-Recorded a pharmacopoeia of medications based mainly on the use of herbs.
-Used therapies such as acupuncture
-Began to search for medical reasons for illness
-Average life span 20-30 years -
1200 BCE
Ancient Greek(1200 BC-200 BC)
-First to observe the human body and the effects of disease.
-Believed illness is a result of natural causes
-Greek medicine was not a uniform body of knowledge and practice .
-Used therapies such as massage, art therapy, and herbal treatment.
-Their average life span was 25-35 years. -
753 BCE
Ancient Romans(753 BC-AD 410)
-They made the first hospitals
-First public health and sanitation systems by building sewers and aqueducts
-They increasing their knowledge of the human body through the dissection and vivisection of condemned criminals.
-Medical knowledge became ever wider, treatments became more well known, and surgery became more sophisticated.
-life span is 25-35 years -
400
Dark ages(AD 400-AD 800
-Emphasis on saving the soul and study of medicine was prohibited.
-Monks and priests treated patients with prayer.
-They had a progressive view of illness because disease was so common and out in the open.
-Treatment of the sick in the Dark Ages is poorly understood today, because none of it was governed by law or written down.
-Life spans were 20-30 years. -
800
Middle ages(AD 800-AD 1400)
-The Health of the people was threatened by the poor hygiene of the period and the lack of basic medical knowledge.
-Bubonic Plague killed 75% of population in Europe and Asia
-No one knew what caused diseases back then.
-They believe that any illness was caused by sinful behavior.
-Average life span was 20-35 years -
1350
Renaissance(AD 1350-AD 1650)
-Renew interest in the Greek and Romans knowledge of medicine.
-Dissection of body led to increased understanding of anatomy and physiology
-Invention of printing press allowed medical knowledge to be shared
- an easing of the legal and cultural restrictions on dissecting cadavers.
-Life span was 30-40 years. -
1500
16th and 17th century
-Cause of disease still not known, many people died from infections.
-Invention of the microscope allowed physicians to see disease-causing organisms..
-Apothecaries led to development of pharmacies.
-First vaccination developed(smallpox).
-life spans is 35-45 years. -
18th,19th,20th, and 21st century.
-Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals.
-Formal training for nurses began.
-Increased knowledge about the role of blood in the body.
-Stem cells were used in the treatments of disease and lead to increased research in the treatment of cancer and other diseases.
-The life span is 55-70 years.
