History of health science

By Alvasky
  • Hippocrates
    400 BCE

    Hippocrates

    The writer of the strict Hippocratic oath that is used for studies today.
  • Galen
    130 BCE

    Galen

    Roman physician of the greek origin; Physician to the gladiators.
  • Chinese acupuncture
    200

    Chinese acupuncture

    This the year in which the Chinese started acupuncture to treat sickness and more
  • Period: 245 to 313

    Mercury

    This is a technique in ancient china in which mercury was used for medicine. It was believes that it would give fortune and power to the great people of china
  • pharmacy
    754

    pharmacy

    This was when the first pharmacy was built
  • Rhazes
    900

    Rhazes

    Rhazes was a Persian physician built in the idea of hippocrates
  • cesarean section
    1300

    cesarean section

    The process of cutting the belly while giving birth is the cesarean section. At this time this process was used to deliver the baby.
  • Disection
    1315

    Disection

    This was the time in which doctors started to cut the human body to further study it more. Disection is still used today
  • Eyeware image
    1352

    Eyeware image

    Since eyreware were popular eyeware images became popular aswell. This helps us today by indicating that at time people had bad eyesight.
  • Period: 1452 to 1519

    Leonardo da vinci

    Leonardo da vinci know as an artist has helped discover many things in the field of medicine. He discovered the anatomical position that is still used in medicine today.
  • Eyeware
    1520

    Eyeware

    This is the year in which eyeware started to get popular. Doctors, priest, and started to wear them.
  • Veins and muscle
    1520

    Veins and muscle

    Veins and muscle was first dicovered in the renaissance period. This helped improve medicine at that time.
  • Heart
    1545

    Heart

    This was the time in which the heart was discovered. The heart that pumps blood through out the boody was discovered at this time.
  • Period: 1578 to

    William Harvey

    William Harvey was a English physician who made seminal contribution in anatomy and physiology
  • stethoscope

    stethoscope

    The first stethoscope was first made in the industrial revolution. This period was the beginning of technological ,and medical advances.
  • Period: to

    Joseph Lister

    Joseph Lister is a surgeon for antiseptic surgery. He came up with the idea of sterile surgery.
  • Period: to

    Typhoid outbreaks

    Typhoid is a disease that is spread through contaminated food, water ,and more. In the industrial revolution this case was introduced .
  • Period: to

    Cholera strikes

    During the industrial revolution sewage and drinking water was put together and this resulted in the Cholera diseas.
  • Sanitary reform bill

    Sanitary reform bill

    The sanitary reform bill was to clean the streets in the industrial revolution. The cleaning helped prevent the spread of more diseases
  • Anesthetic

    Anesthetic

    This was the time in which anesthetic was created for painless surgery.
  • Vaccines

    Vaccines

    Vaccines is a cure for specific diseases. This cure prevent hundred and thousands of disease
  • Defibrillator

    Defibrillator

    Defibrillator is a treatment in case the heart stops. This device send a electric current through the body and on tot eh heart.
  • Zika virus

    Zika virus

    Zika virus is a specific disease in which mosquitos spread the disease to the host. This began in the country of Uganda.
  • Hepatitis A

    Hepatitis A

    Hepatitis is a serious liver infection that can easily be prevented by vaccine.
  • Ebola discovery

    Ebola discovery

    This specific disease is spread through body fluid such as sweat and more.