History Medicine- George T

By George T
  • 4000 BCE

    So yeah, let's begin

    • The cause of illness and disease were by the hands of the demons and evil entities.
    • Or, apparently you could be punished by some guy who's name is "Dog" spelled backwards
  • 3000 BCE

    Woohoo, the Egyptians

    • They really thought priests could be physicians
    • First health records recorded
    • They thought blood letting was a good way to stop disease. GENIUS!
    • Average lifespan was very old. About 20-30 years.
  • 1700 BCE

    Let's go, The Ancient Chinese

    • To cure the body, you first need to clear the spirit. AMAZING.
    • Used herbs as their form of medicine. -"Hey, let's stick needles in you, why not?" Also known as acupuncture. -Searched the Great Wall for answers/ reasons to illness -Lifespan was long. About 20-30 years.
  • 1200 BCE

    Kachow, The Greasy Greeks

    • Gave the title "The Father of Medicine" to a guy named hippopotamus... whoops, I meant Hippocrates.
    • Many physicians
    • They decided to finally observe the human body. Who would've thought huh?
    • Helped pave the way to modern medical science
    • Understood that illness was caused from natural causes.
    • Tried massage, art and herbal therapy.
    • Told patients to have a good diet. -Hygiene was important, especially since they obviously had showers, right?
    • They lived even longer, about 25-35 years.
  • 753 BCE

    Watch out, it's the Ancient Romans

    -Finally, someone thought to organize medical care
    - Almost made legit hospitals, but of course, the church just had to run it, because they had the "Almighty Powers."
    - Made public sanitation and health systems, like the very clean sewers and aqueducts.
    - Apparently the body was made of four jokes- blood, phlegm, black bile, and the funniest one, yellow bile
    -Lifespan was still long, 25-35 years.
  • 400

    Who put the lights out? Oh wait, it's the Dark Ages

    -So yeah, they abandoned the idea of medicine because of, you guessed it, the church.
    - They thought curing the soul was more effective than using medicine. So educated, right?
    -Practicing medicine was not allowed because it saved lives.
    - Monks and priests cared for the sick.
    - The only medication was herbs. "Sniff a leaf, and you shall be cured."
    - Life span wasn't as long, but it was still 20-30.
    - Disease wasn't known again. What do you expect when you're source is a priest.
  • 800

    Just like the middle child, we have the Middle Ages

    -Realized the church was as reliable as a sock. Studied medical practices from the Greeks and Romans.
    1100- Arabs required exams to those who claimed to be physicians
    1346- Bubonic Plague swept 75% of Europe and Asia's population like a vacuum(whoosh)
    smallpox, typhoid, malaria, holy cow!
    1220- Med. University was finally established. Let's freaking go!
    Life span was long again. 20-35 years.
  • 1350

    The cool French word that is fun to say but a pain to spell; Renaissance

    -Science and medicine had a rebirth. (Don't know who the mother is)
    - Someone had the bright idea to open up a body. They need to be checked. But it lead to better understanding anatomy and physiology.
    1440- The printing press was invented, whcih made it easy to share medical knowledge.
    1543- Andreas Valius published the first anatomy book.
    - Lifespan got an extension. 30-40 years.
    -Disease was still unknown, but why?
  • 1500

    couldn't make up a cool name, So we call these the 16th & 17th Centuries

    -We learned an insane amount about the human body.
    1500's- Ambroise Pare, (French surgeon) the father of modern surgery, used ligatures as the best way to stop bleeds. No more leeches? Hurray!
    1600's-People who sold, made, and prescribed meds were known as apothecaries. They have a table named after them. Physicians could now figure out disease causing organisms.
    Life span extended an extra 5 years. 35-45 years.
    - Disease still unknown. We did get help from the microscope. Invented in 1670.

  • Fresh out of high school, the 18th century

    A bunch of guys with very odd last names created stuff.
    1714- Gabe Fahrenheit created a mercury thermometer.
    1760- Benjamin Franklin did not play with kites, instead he made bifocals so he could see them.
    1778- John Hunter introduced tube feeding and created scientific surgical procedures.
    1798- Discovered a vaccine for smallpox.
    Lifespan= 40-50 years. They lived really long.

  • "Time to get a job!"- 19th century

    Discovered microorganisms, anesthesia, and vaccinations.
    1895- someone wanted to look at a skeleton. So they made an X-ray.
    1893- the first open surgery for a heart.
    1816- A weird looking stick was made... oh wait, it was the first stethoscope.
    1860- Men finally realized that women were a bigger asset than they thought. Nurse training began.
    lifespan= 40-60 years.

  • "Kaboom! Knowledge!"- 20th century

    A lot-
    1901- Blood groups discovered. New medications.
    1922- discovered insulin.
    1928- Antibiotics were developed for infections.
    New machines;
    1943- Kidney dialysis machine.
    1953- machine for the heart and lung.
    DNA structure was discovered. Gene therapy was researched.
    1956- The first bone marrow transplant
    1978- This is so weird to me. The first test tube baby. Like, what?
    Organ transplants became a thing during the '60s.
    1921-1998- vaccines increased in production. Typhus, pneumonia, Hep. B.

  • I gave up on names. 20th-21st century

    1910- Something called laparoscopic surgery.
    1970's- therapies that targeted cancers.
    1990- smoke free laws- 2nd hand decreased.
    1996- HIV medication advances. "Death sentence diseases" became manageable chronic disease. Normal lifespan.
    1999- Stem cell research advances.
    2001- First artificial heart was implanted.
    2003- Human genome project completed. I don't know what that means.
    2005- face transplants. Yes, I said that right.
    2006- HPV.