Gage Eisenhardt Health care history

By GageEisenhardt
  • 200 BCE

    Ancient Greeks

    Ancient Greeks
     First to observe the human body and the effects of disease – led to modern medical sciences.  Believed illness is a result of natural causes  Used therapies such as massage, art therapy, and herbal treatment  Average life span 25-35 years they didn't believe in atop see.
  • Jan 1, 800

    Ancient Romans

    Ancient Romans
     Established first hospital (caring for solders in their homes)  First public health and sanitation systems by building sewers and aqueducts  Average life span 25-35 years all about sanitarian

  • 1700 BC AB 220 Ancients Chinese

    1700 BC AB 220 Ancients Chinese
     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 was 20-30 years

  • 3000 BC to 3000 BC ancient Egypt

    3000 BC to 3000 BC ancient Egypt
    -Physicians were priest
    - Bloodletting or leeches used as medical treatment
    -Average life span 20 years
    -Used liquids to preserve bodies after death
    -In Egypt healed their patients through spells

  • primitive times

    primitive times
    -primitive medicine was mostly based on religion,spirits or supernatural beings
    -they used many different herbs and oils
    -some of the herbs and oils we use with higher concentration
    -Some of the medicine use worked but for not the reason they thought
    -Average life span 20 years