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Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Primitive times
Believed that illness and disease were caused by supernatural spirits and demons
Average lifespan was 20 years
Drilled holes in skulls to cure insanity and headaches -
Period: 3000 BCE to 300 BCE
Ancient Egyptians
Earliest known health records
Late span 20 - 30 years
Believed the body was a system
If channels were clogged they did bloodletting -
2725 BCE
First physician
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Period: 1700 BCE to 220
Ancient Chinese
Monitored pulse to determine the condition of the body
Recorded medications made with herbs
Used acupuncture
Average lifespan was 20 to 30 years -
Period: 1200 BCE to 200 BCE
Ancient Greek
Average lifespan was 25 to 35 years.
Began modern medical science by observing the human body and effects of disease.
Believed illness was natural
Stressed diet and cleanliness as ways to prevent illness
Used therapy -
Period: 753 BCE to 410
Ancient Romans
Organized medical care for injured solders
Early hospitals developed when physicians cared for ill in their homes.
Later hospitals were religious
Began public health and sanitation
Created aqua ducts to carry clean water into cities
Built sewers -
460 BCE
Hippocrates
Father of medicine
Developed an organized way of observing the body
Created high standard of ethics, oath of Hippocrates used today. -
384 BCE
Aristotle
Dissected animals and called the founder of anatomy -
Period: 400 to 800
Dark ages
Monks and priests provided care for people.
Prayers and divine intervention were used to treat illness and disease.