history of healthcare

By s953054
  • Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Primitive times

    • belief that illness and disease was caused by spirits and demons
    • witch doctors cured disseise with ceremonies -average life span was 20 years
  • Period: 3000 BCE to 300 BCE

    Ancient Egyptians

    • earliest accurate health records
    • called on the gods to heal them
    • life span was 20 - 30 years
  • Period: 1700 BCE to 220

    Ancient Chinese

    • Religious prohibitions against dissection
    • carefully monitored the pulse
    • began the search for medical explanations for illness
    • average life span 20 - 30 years
  • Period: 1200 BCE to 200 BCE

    Ancient Greeks

    • observed the effects of disease
    • animal dissections
    • believed illness was a result of natural causes
    • average lifespan was 25 - 35 years
  • Invention of acupuncture
    800 BCE

    Invention of acupuncture

    Acupuncture was used as a method of pain relif.
  • Period: 753 BCE to 410

    Ancient Romans

    • began public health and sanitation systems
    • diet, exercise, and medications were used as a treatment
    • early hospitals
    • average lifespan was 25 - 35 years
  • Period: 460 BCE to 377 BCE

    Hippocrates lifetime

    Hippocrates was known as the father of medicine. He created the Hippocratic oath. He also stressed the importance of observation, diagnosis, and treatment.
  • Period: 400 to 800

    Dark ages

    • prohibited the study of medicine
    • medications were mainly herbal mixtures
    • average lifespan was 20 - 30 years
  • Period: 800 to 1400

    Middle ages

    • a pandemic of the bubonic plague killed 3/4ths of the population
    • renewed interest in medical practice
    • average life span was 20 - 35 years
  • 910

    developed criteria for distinguishing between small pox and measles

    This would allow for better treatment because the doctors knew what to treat.
  • Period: 1350 to

    Renaissance

    • rebirth of science and medicine
    • dissection of the body allowing for better medical understanding
    • average life span 20 - 30 years
  • Proving that micro-organisms cause disease

    Proving that micro-organisms cause disease

    This was very important because it was a big step toward breaking the chain of infection.
  • Use of disinfectants and antiseptics

    Use of disinfectants and antiseptics

    This saved many lives because people would not get infections during surgery
  • Development of a typhoid vaccine

    Development of a typhoid vaccine

    Saved many lives because most people would be immune to typhoid.
  • Insulin was used to treat diabetes

    Insulin was used to treat diabetes

    Saved the lives of most diabetics.

  • A gene screen for cancer was developed.

    This allowed doctors to see who would respond best to the treatment.