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Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Early beginnings
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3900 BCE
Diseases
Evil spirits -
3600 BCE
Treatment's
Prayer, exorcism -
3100 BCE
Medicines
Digitalis for heart
Quinine for digestion
Belladonna and atropine for digestion
Morphine pain -
Period: 2999 BCE to 399
Ancient times
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2900 BCE
Ancient Egyptians
Egyptians kept accurate Health records
Physicians are priests
Used leeches for healing -
1900 BCE
Ancient Chinese
Used stone tools to treat illnesses and diseases -
900 BCE
Ancient Greeks
The first to study the disease and determine that is was nature rather than spiritual. Dissection wasn’t allowed in ancient times by religions Hippocrates is the father of medicine -
100
Ancient Roman’s
Sanitation systems wasn’t good Romans were first to Organize medical care, sent equipment and physicians with armies to care for wounded soldiers. Hospital development started as a room from a physician for the ill -
Period: 400 to 800
Dark age