Health timeline

By will hauke
  • 3000 BCE

    primitive times

    people believed that illness was created by evil spirits doctors would do ceremonies to drive out the evil spirits.
  • 3000 BCE

    Ancient egyptians

    They had health records they would call on the gods to heal illness or they would use magic herbs to heal illness.
  • 1700 BCE

    Ancient Chinese

    They would check the pulse to check the condition of the body to heal illness they would use needle acupuncture to heal illness.
  • 753 BCE

    Ancient Romans

    Early hospitals were developed they created aqueducts and public health sanitation systems.
  • 260 BCE

    Ancient times

    People would use herbs and magic to heal illness this wasn't very successful.
  • 200 BCE

    Ancient Greeks

    They developed a method to keep up with the human body they also found a way to record signs and symptoms of illness.
  • 400

    Dark/middle ages

    Medicine was prohibited, and people would prey to get rid of illness.
  • 1400

    Middle ages

    The bubonic plague broke out and they would use bloodletting to try to get rid of the disease.

  • 16th and 17th century

    The causes of disease were still not known and people would still die. A French surgeon named Ambroise Pare was known as the father of surgery.

  • Renaissane

    This was the rebirth of science/medicine they had a better understanding of biology and illness.

  • 18th century

    The first thermometer and the element oxygen were discovered.

  • 19th century

    A school to learn surgery was made in London in 1800 the first vaccination was made.

  • 20th

    Yellow fever was proven to be carried by mosquitoes and the blood type ABO was discovered.

  • 20th century carried on

    The first conjoined twins were separated in 1953 and the first successful kidney transplant was performed.

  • 21st century

    Adult stem cells were used to treat early disease.

  • Health care

    Healthcare plans were established for everyone.

  • 21st century

    Healthcare advances were unlimited at this point.

  • 21st century

    Advanced cell tech announced that a human embryo was cloned.

  • 21st century

    The primary teeth could be used as a stem cell.

  • 21st century

    A clinic removed a kidney through the navel.