Devroy History of Health Care

  • 4000 BCE

    Early beginnings

    Few tools, poor shelter
    Believed illness an diseases were cause by supernatural spirits
    Digitalis for heart
    Quinine for digestion
    Belladonna and atropine for digestion
    Morphine for pain
    Believed they were caused by supernatural spirits
    Caused by bugs, genetics, animals etc.
    Bloodletting exorcisms, etc
  • 2999 BCE

    Ancient Times

  • 400 BCE

    Dark Age