-
Period: 4000 BCE to
History of Health Care
-
500 BCE
Began Health and Sanitation systems.
created aqueducts to carry clean water to the city. Built sewers to carry waste away from the city. Used filtering systems in public baths to prevent disease. -
450 BCE
Hippocrates
Developed an organized method to examine the human body. -
126
Claudius Galen discoveries
Important because it helped establish many medical events -
200
Early Hospitals developed
Important because it helps the safety of others and helps people get better and be in a place with experienced people. -
910
Rhazes
Based diagnoses on observations of the signs and symptoms of diseases. -
1292
Roger Bacon
Promoted chemical remedies to treat disease. Helped cure some diseases. -
1513
Andreas Vesalius
Published the first anatomy book -
1514
Michelangelo & Leonardo da Vinci
Used dissection to draw the human body more realistically. Important because it helps see the human anatomy easily and helps learn it. -
1540
Michael Servetus
Described the circulatory system in the lungs. Described how digestion is a source of heat for the body. -
1540
Ambroise Pare
Established the use of ligatures to blind arteries and stop bleeding. -
William Harvey
Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart -
Gabriel Fahrenheit
Created the first mercury thermometer. Important because it helps determine when people are sick. -
John Hunter
Established scientific surgical procedures. Important because it helps make people better. -
John Hunter
Introduced tube feeding. -
Edward Jenner
Discovered a vaccination for smallpox.
Important because it started the ideas of medicine and vaccination. -
Florence Nightingale
Established efficient and sanitary nursing
units during Crimean Wars -
Louis Pasteur
Discovered the germ theory. -
Clara Barton
Founded The American Red Cross