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4000 BCE
Primitive Times (Lifespan under 25 years)
-The average lifespan was 20 years due to not knowing about normal health procedures
-illnesses and diseases was a punishment from the gods
-Herbs and plants were also used a medicine, probably the reason why most people died before 20
- There were tribal witch doctors who treated illness's with ceremonies
-Lastly one odd thing they did was use Trepanation to create a hole in the skull for surgery or other types of procedures. -
2000 BCE
Ancient Egyptians (lifespan is 20-30 years)
-The average lifespan is 20 years up to maybe 30 years.
- They offered to the gods for healing and for better health
- They used blood letting leaches as treatment
- Also some physicians were priests
-Imhotep was the first physician ever recorded and that was in 2700B.C -
1700 BCE
Ancient Chinese (lifespan 20-30 years)
- During this time period, they began to search for medical reasons for illnesses
- They also recorded a pharmacopoeia of medications based on the use of herbs and plants -They also used therapies such as acupuncture
- The average lifespan was 20-30 years
- They believed that they needed to treat the whole body by curing the spirit and nourishing the body
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1200 BCE
Ancient Greek (25-35 years was lifespan)
-The average lifespan was 25-35 years of age
- Their medicine was also different, Greek medicine was not a uniform body of knowledge and practice
- They also believed illness is a result of natural causes
-They used many different therapy uses such as:massage, art therapy, and herbal treatment.
- They were also the first to observe the human body and the effects of disease. -
753 BCE
Ancient Romans
- They were made the first ever hospitals -They also made the first public health and sanitation systems by building sewers and aqueducts -The average lifespan was 25-35 years of age -They had increased heir knowledge of the human body through the dissection and vivisection of condemned criminals.
- Also they had a more wide range of knowledge for medicine and how to treat diseases of some sort
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400
Dark Ages (lifespan was 20-30 years)
-The average lifespan was 20-30 years of age
- They had a huge prgressive view of disease because it was always out in the open
- Also, Monks and priests treated patients with prayer
- Nothing was hardly written down during these times, so we don't know too much about the diseases and how they treated the ill
- Lastly, saving the soul and study of medicine was prohibited during the Dark Ages -
800
The Middle Ages
-The average lifespan is 20-35
- The Bubonic Plague killed 75% of population in Europe and Asia
- No one really knew what caused diseases or illnesses to occur in these times
- Instead, the people believed that any illness was caused by sinful behavior.
-Also, many people were sick due to lack of hygiene and sanitation -
1350
Renaissance (lifespan was 20-40 years
-The average lifespan was 20-40 years of age
- The invention of the printing press allowed people to share medical knowledge
- They renewed their interest in Greek and Roman knowledge of medicine
- Also there was an easing of the legal and cultural restrictions on dissecting cadavers.
- After they dissected the human body, they learned more about anatomy and physiology -
1550
16th and 17th centuries (Lifespan was 35-45 years)
-The average lifespan was 35-45 years of age
- The first ever vaccination was developed for smallpox
- Also, Apothecaries led to development of pharmacies
-After the invention of the microscope, scientists could see organisms and diseases and what caused them
-Cause of disease still not known yet, millions still died from infectious diseases -
18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries (lifespan is 50-75)
-Huge advances in the medical field such as new hospitals, cures for diseases, and more
-Average lifespan was 50-75 years of age
-Also nurses finally had formal training during these centuries
-Stem cells were also used in the treatments of disease and lead to increased research in the treatment of cancer and other diseases.
- There were also advances in technology to help doctors perform surgeries using technology
