history of healthcare

  • 1500 BCE

    Egyptian papyrus

    Egyptian papyrus
    thick paper like sheet
  • 1200 BCE

    Aesculapius is the Greek God of Healing

    Aesculapius is the Greek god of healing
  • 1200 BCE

    cadecus

    cadecus
    he is now the symbol for medicine
  • 410 BCE

    book of epidemics

  • 400 BCE

    Hippocratic oath

    oath that the Greeks use. historically used by physicians.
  • Period: 200 to 1400

    middle ages

  • 300

    galen

    galen
    He was a Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher.
  • 900

    rhazes

    discovers different=ce between measels and small pox
  • 1400

    jacoba felicie

    jacoba felicie
    she tries to practice medicine but gets denied
  • scientific method

    people now use the scientific method
  • Period: to

    renaissance

  • robert hooke

    robert hooke
    he was a natural English philosopher architect and polymath. he discovered the reflective microscope.
  • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

    Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
    dutch businessman and scientist that describes bacteria
  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner
    finds first vaccination
  • Louis Pasteur

    pasteurization of milk
  • Robert Koch

    discovered pathogens
  • ignaz semmelweis

    ignaz semmelweis
    he shows importance of handwashing
  • john snow

    john snow
    stops outbreak of cholera
  • alexander fleming

    discovers penicillin
  • Period: to

    industrial revolution

  • first hmo insurance

    people could no get HMO insurance. HMO stands for health maintenance organization
  • azt

    AZT is now used to combat AIDS
  • steve thomas

    steve thomas
    he used maggots for infectious wound treatment