History of Healthcare Quinnell

By Emmaquinnell
  • 4000 BCE

    Primitive Time

    Primitive Time
    -medicines used today and used then- morphine, herbs and digitalis for the heart (3900BC)
    -believed illnesses were caused by supernatural spirits and demons. Doctors would drill holes in the skull to treat insanity, epilepsy and headaches (3800BC)
    - lifespan 20 years (3700BC)
  • Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Primitive Time

  • 3000 BCE

    Ancient Egyptians

    Ancient Egyptians
    Doctors used magic and medical plant to treat patients (2900 BC)
    Physicians were priests who studied surgery and medicine in temple medical schools. The first physician was Imhotep (2725?)
    Average lifespan - 20-30 years (2700 BC)
  • Period: 3000 BCE to 300 BCE

    Ancient Egyptians

  • 1700 BCE

    Ancient Chinese

    Ancient Chinese
    Religious beliefs against dissection resolved in some knowledge of body structure. (1600 BC)Chinese believed in the need to cure the entire body by curing the spirit and nourishing the body (1500 BC)
    Average life span- 20 to 30 years (1400 BC)
  • Period: 1700 BCE to 220

    Ancient Chinese

  • 1200 BCE

    Ancient Greeks

    Ancient Greeks
    Hippocrates is the father of medicine. He developed an organized method to see the whole body. Also he created the Oath of Hippocrates, used by physicians now. He created high standards of ethics. (0460 BC)
    Aristotle dissected animals and now called the founder of comparative anatomy. (0384BC)
    Average life span 25 to 35 years (0370 BC)
  • Period: 1200 BCE to 200 BCE

    Ancient Greeks

  • Period: 753 BCE to 410

    Ancient Romans

  • 400

    Dark Ages

    Dark Ages
    Emphasis was focused on saving the soul and this type of medicine was prohibited.(0400AD)
    Prayer and province intervention was used to treat illness. (0500AD)
    Average life span was 20 to 30 years (0600AD)
  • Period: 400 to 800

    Dark Age

  • Period: 800 to 1400

    Middle Age

  • 1350

    Renaissance

    Renaissance
    In the renaissance their was the rebirth of science medicine. (1401AD)
    Dissection of the human body began and started to allow a better understanding of the anatomy and physiology. (1425AD)
    Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci used dissection to draw the human body more in depth. (1450AD)
    Average life span was 30 to 40 years (1475AD)
  • Period: 1350 to

    Renaissance

  • 1400

    Middle Ages

    Middle Ages
    Physicians began to learn the knowledge at medical universities starting in the 9th century. (0850AD)
    A worldwide pandemic of the bubonic plague, also know as the Black Death, killed over 3/4 of Europe and Asia’s population. (0900AD)
    An Arab physician, Rhazes, was starting to be know as the Arab Hippocrates. (0910AD)
    Average life span was 20 to 35 years. (1000AD)
  • 1501

    16th century

    16th century
    The causes of diseases were still unknown and most people passed away from infections and childbirth fever. (1501AD)
    Ambroise Pare is know as the Father of Modern Surgey. He established the use of ligatures to pull arteries together and stop them from bleeding. He also promoted the use of artificial limbs were promoted.(1510AD)
    Gabriel Fallopius discovered the Fallopian tubes in women and the tympanic membrane in the ear. (1523AD)
    Average life span was 35 to 45 years. (1600AD)
  • Period: 1501 to

    16th Century

  • Period: to

    17th Century

  • 17th century

    17th century
    William Harvey discovered the circulation of blood from the heart in 1628. (1628AD)
    Anton van Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope. (1666AD)
    Apothecaries, also know as modern day pharmacists, made, prescribed and sold the medications. (1675AD)
    Average life span was 35 to 45 years (1700AD)
  • Period: to

    18th Century

  • 18th century

    18th century
    Gabriel Fahrenheit created the first thermometer. (1714AD)
    James Lind prescribed lime juice with Vitamin C to prevent scurvy. (1795AD)
    Edward Jenner developed a vaccination for smallpox. (1796AD)
    Average life span was 40 to 50 years. (1800AD)
  • Period: to

    19th Century

  • 19th century

    19th century
    The first successful blood transfusion was done on humans by James Blundell. (1818AD)
    Elizabeth Blackwell became the first female physician in the United States.(1849AD)
    Florence Nightingale was the founder of modern nursing. She opened the Nightingale school and home for nurses at St. Thomas Hospital in London. (1860AD)
    American Red Cross was founded in 1881 by Clara Barton. (1881AD)
    Wilhelm Roentgen invented the x-rays. (1895AD)
    Average life span was 40 to 60 years.(1900AD)
  • Period: to

    20th Century

  • 20th century

    20th century
    Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. (1928AD)
    The first succesctful open heart surgery was done by Christian Barnard. (1953AD)
    The first succesctful kidney,lung, and liver transplant was done in the early 1960’s. (1960AD)
    The CAT Scan was developed. (1975AD)
    The first test tube baby was Lousise Brown,Born in England. (1978AD)
    Average life span was 60 to 70 years. (2000AD)