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Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Early Beginnings
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3900 BCE
disease
Evil spirits -
3600 BCE
Treatments
Prayer, blood letting, amputations -
3100 BCE
Medicines used today
Digitalis-for heart
Quinine- digestion
Belladonna and atropine- digestion
Morphine-pain -
Period: 2999 BCE to 399
Ancient times
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2990 BCE
Ancient Egyptians
Heath records- the Egyptians
Who are physicians- the priest acted
How did they heal- blood letting with leeches -
1900 BCE
Ancient Chinese
Development of acupunture- learned to treat illnesses and diseases with stone tools -
999 BCE
Ancient Greeks
Illnesses cause natural vs spiritual- they were the first to observe natural illness vs spiritual
Dissection- was not allowed by ancient times and religion
Hippocrates- the father of medicine -
100
Ancient Romans
Sanitation systems- was not a good sanitation system, but bought clean water for cities built sewer and clean restrooms
Organize medical care- Roman were the first to organize, and sent medical equipment to armies
Hospital development- started as a room in home, then building a public building for the sick -
Period: 400 to 800
Dark ages
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500
Ancient Roman’s
Stopped the study of medicines,why- they were conquered by Huns, because church believed life or death in gods hands -
700
Ancient Roman
How do they treat disease- herbal mixture's,prayers, care was custodial -
Period: 800 to 1400
Middle Ages
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1100
Ancient roman
Epidemic- bubonic plunge(the Black Death) -
Period: 1350 to
Renaissance
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1450
Ancient Roman’s
Rebirth- new learnings, scientific processes
Universities- medical schools
Dissection-study the body
Books- published books for greater access to knowledge for research -
Period: 1501 to
16th and 17th centuries
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1515
Leonardo da Vinci
Studied records and recorded the anatomy of the body -
1550
Gabriele Fallopius
Discovered the fallopian tubes if the female anatomy -
1563
Bartolommeo Eustachio
Discovered the tube leading from the ear to the throat -
William Harvey
He was able to describe the circulation of blood and the pumping of the heart -
Antonie von Leeuwenhoek
Invented the microscope, established that there is a life smaller then the eye can see -
Apothecaries
We’re early pharmacies in this time -
Period: to
18th century
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Benjamin Franklin
Discovered bifocals, and found colds can be passed to person to person