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Diseases were caused by supernatural spirits specially evil spirits. -
To treat the sick ceremony’s would be done to exorcise demons. While also herbs and plants were used as medicines. -
Some of the medicines used today are Digitalis,quinine,belladonna and morphine. Digitalis comes from a foxglove plant that’s given in a pill form to treat the strength of the hearts heartbeat. Quinine come from a cinchona tree and it treats fevers and muscle spasms. Belladonna and atropine comes from a poisonous plant that relieves muscle spasms. Lastly morphine come from opium poppy treats serves pain but also serve Roy addicting. -
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The ancient Egyptians contributed to some medicine advancements and different ideas. Such as the first people to keep accurate health records that we use today.They taught themselves how to identify certain diseases. People called physicians were know has the priests and there role were to treat diseases with medicine, splinting fractures and treat disorders by bloodletting. -
The Ancient Chinese contributed to our medicine advancements and of their own. They were the first people to discover primitive acupuncture therapies. Along with the ability to treat many illness and diseases. While creating a method we still use today called acupuncture. -
The ancient Greeks more so focused on the superstition aspect of sickness rather than advancements. Physicians were put in sacred temples where they study the causes of illness. Where they came to the breakthrough that diseases are natural and in fact not caused from spirits. Greeks felt the importance of the study of diseases and with a strenuous research found some were caused by lack of sanitation also. Hippocrates had high knowledge in this area and carried the advancements in this area. -
The Roman’s were the first people to make forms of medical care. They started sending people strictly for medical care in armies along with physicians now have rooms in their homes to treat the ill. The Roman’s were the start to the idea of healthcare we have today and the roles some people take.. -
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The study of medicine stopped for about 1000 years die to the church they believed life and death were in gods hands. The church had no internist in the body. The only source of medicine consisted of prayers and herbal mixtures. -
The treatment for diseases during the dark age was nothing more than the simple prayer and herbal mixtures. Through the beliefs of the church. -
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During the Middle ages diseases caused millions of deaths and killed 60 million. Now today with the advancement of vaccines and cures these debases that were once so deadly aren’t anymore. -
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During the renaissance era had major advancements. Such as the development of universities and medical schools. The learning of the medical flailed blossomed during this time. Along with books and the acceptance of dissection. -
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Leonardo de Vinci studied the anatomy of the human body. -
Discovered the Fallopian tubes of female anatomy -
Bartolommeo Eustachio was who made the discovery of the Eustachian tube -
William Harvey studied physiology and learned the process of blood circulation and pumping of the heart. -
Antoine von Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope and made the theory that there’s life smaller than the eye can see. Also was the one to find bacteria located in the mouth. -
Apothecaries acted as a pharmacy. They engaged in trade in drugs and spices to supply for people. -
Franklin was the inventor for bifocals and discovered that colds can be passed on from person to person. -
Med students learned a new way of learning medicine alongside attending lectures and lavatory’s. The 18th century they started studying real body’s anatomy and dissected them to grow their understandings of the disease process. -
Priestley discovered the element oxygen and the process of respiration. -
Jenner saved millions of lives with his discovered vaccination for smallpox. He also discovered preventive methods and medicine in public health. -
Rene Leanne’s invented the stethoscope. Helped determine certain diseases in the heart and lungs. -
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Semmelweis discovered the cause of childbed fever. This is a fever known to occur during childbirth in woman. This soon tho be discovered when Semmelweis noticed the uncleanliness of physicians. That then brought to the discovery of hand washing and cleanliness is important in not spreading infections. -
Nightingale was the founder of modern nursing. She shaped how we view nurses and the roles today. We use this title in medical field today also. -
Pasteur made the discovery of tiny microorganisms are everywhere. Through experiments he then could prove they cause diseases also. Then went on to make the discovery of pasteurization that kills bacteria in milk that we still use today to treat our milk. -
Ivanovski discovered the existence of viruses by learning that by microorganisms that cannot be seen with a microscope. By his discovery of viruses that made it able to study viruses that we know today as poliomyelitis, rabies, measles,influenza,chicken pox,German measles, herpes zoster and mumps. -
Lister learned about Pasteurs discovery. Lister added to it and put catholic acids on wounds to kill germs further. He was also the first doctor to use antiseptic during surgery. -
Bergmann went off of Listers and Pasteurs discoveries about germs and went on to develop asepsis. A method to keep areas germ free for surgery’s. -
Koch discovered many disease-causing organisms. He also developed the culture plate method. While also too growing knowledge on the importance of cleanliness and sanitation. -
Ehrlich discovered that medicine had affects on disease causing microorganisms. He discovered with the use of chemicals that fight off diseases resulted in treatment against those diseases. -
Roentgen was the one who discovered the ability of the X-ray machine. To help see more in peoples body and determine what wrongs with ones body. This advancement is very important in todays uses. -
Anesthesia is a procedure of loss of feeling or sensation. Before the nineteenth century surgery was performed without anesthesia. This then lead to dearth from shock and pain. -
Fleming was part of the most important discovery in the 20th century with the discovery of penicillin. He found that this medicine kills life threatening bacteria that helps making certain illness curable such as pneumonia, gonorrhea and blood poisoning. -
Freud studied the basics of psychology and discovered the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind. He understood that minds and body work together to lead tot he discovery of psychosomatic illness. -
Domagk discovered the first medicines effective in killing bacteria. Called sulfonamide compounds this changes the practice of medicine. -
Salk discovered a dead polio virus would cause immunity to poliomyelitis. This virus paralyzed thousands of people or even turned to death. -
Sabin went off of Salks discovery and used live polio virus vaccine for this virus which is more effective in the end. Is now used today to immunize babies. -
Crick and Watson made the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA. This set us up for rapid advances in molecular biology that continues to this day. -
Barnard performed the first successful heart transplant in 1968. -
Carson is the pioneer to separating connected twins and performing hemispherectomies which are surgery’s to the brain to stop seizes. -
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Digital assistants like Alexa and google like everyone commonly have in their homes already are bringing new benefits in the role of healthcare. Now theirs a mode where non prompted conversation with Alexia can accuse to listen to any of your health questions and get the best response. -
The mRNA vaccine was developed during 2021 and has been studied for decades now. The technology teaches cells the body to make proteins that is used then by the virus to cause immunity response to fight off the virus. -
During covid-19 incidents early cancer detection was being developed alongside the Galleni test is a blood sample that screens the DNA for 50 plus types of cancer. This increases survival rates by 71% of cancer deaths. -
This pill will change how the flu-related diseases will be tested. This pill main job is stopping the virus from replicating. This process basically shuts down the virus overtime and give ability to survive. This pill takes pressure off healthcare workers especially to covid patients. -
During the covid-19 pandemic the use of telemedicine skyrocketed about 24%of healthcare organizations use telemedicine programs now. This system allows billions of virtual care visits over the phone. Telemedicine brought many positive benefits for people.