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Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Early beginnings
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3900 BCE
Disease caused by
Believed that illnesses and diseases were caused by supernatural evil spirits. They held a ceremony to exercise the demon and removed part of the sickness. -
Period: 2999 BCE to 399
Ancient times
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Period: 2900 BCE to
Ancient Egyptians
The Egyptians were the first people known to keep accurate health records. -
1900 BCE
Ancient Chinese
The Chinese were the first to use primitive acupuncture therapies. Their methods eventually developed into advanced practice of acupuncture. -
Period: 900 BCE to 900
Ancient Greeks
The Greek study of the cause of disease to determine the illness that natural causes rather than a spiritual cause. -
500
Study of medicine
When the Roman empire was Concord by the plague which stopped the study of medical experience -
700
Treating diseases
The bubonic pledge/the black death medication at this time continued of herbal mixtures and care was crucial. -
Period: 800 to 1400
Middle age
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1000
Ancient Romans
The ancient Romans were the first to organize medical care. They send medical equipment and physicians with their armies to care for the wounded. -
1100
Epidemics
The terrible epidemics caused millions of deaths during this time. The bubonic plague alone killed over 60 million people. -
1200
Renaissance