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4000 BCE
4000 BC - 3000 BC primitive Times
Illnesses and diseases were thought to be caused by evil spirits, demons, or considered a punishment from God. To treat these illnesses, Tribal Witch Doctors would make ceremonies, plants and herbs would be made into medicine. Doctors would preform certain surgeries, Trepanation to drill or scrape holes in the skull to let the evil spirits out. The average life span being on living up to 20 years old. -
3000 BCE
3000 BC - 300 BC Ancient Egyptians
Going back to the ancient times, priests were physicians. During this moment in question, is where HEALTH RECORDS were first recorded by the Ancient Egyptians. Blood letting and the using of leeches as a form of medical treatment was first recorded in the era of ancient Egypt. Come to find out these methods are still used present day. The life span now varies from 20 - 30 years -
1700 BCE
1700 BC - AD 220 Ancient Chinese
During this time, the ancient Chinese believed that the whole body needed to be treated.The nourishment and cleaning of the body. This treatment was recorded down in the pharmacopoeia, such as therapies called acupuncture. In this time, it was the beginning of when medicine was being searched for medical for illnesses. The average life span is now still 20-30, no change there. -
1200 BCE
1200 BC - 200 BC Ancient Greeks
In ancient Greece, the Hippocrates were called the founding father of medicine and other physicians. They first observed the human body and learned the effects of diseases; later led to modern medical science. There was a belief that illness can form natural causes. They discovered that stressed diets, hygiene, and exercise were a way of preventing any sickness and disease. Using methods like massages, art therapy, and herbal treatments. The estimated life span now 25-35 years. -
753 BCE
753 BC - AD 410 Ancient Romans
The ancient Romans were the vert first to organizing medical care, such as providing caring for solders. Hospitals were later turned religious and charitable. In institutions in monasteries and convents. The first public health and sanitation systems were built- things like sewers and aqueducts. At this point our life span has not increased. Galen's had an established belief that our bodies were regulated by 4 body humors; Blood, Phlegm, black bile and yellow bile. -
400
AD 400 - AD 800 Dark Ages
In the dark ages they heavily emphasis on saving the soul, and the study of medicine and was forbidden. Instead of medicine to cure the sick, they used prayers and divine intervention. Monks and priests would care for their patience without the use of medicine. In the dark ages diseases were still considered caused by circumstances, without the actual understanding of it. 20-30 years is the was the life span if you were to live in the dark ages. -
800
AD 800 - AD 1400 Middle ages
The middle ages, took a renewed interest to the ancient Greeks and Romans medicine practices. In 1100, the Arabs began an exam requiring physicians to pass the exam and get their license. The MCAT is the result of this.
1220 - 1255: Medical Universities were confirmed 1346 - 1353: The bubonic plague was spreading around and killed 75% of the population in Europe and Asia. 1220 - 1255: Medical Universities were confirmed -
1350
AD 1350 - AD 1650 Renaissance
The rebirth of scientific medicine. Anatomy and physiology were understood more because of body dissections. The cause of diseases were still unknown in this time, life span being a meer 30-40 years. 1440: In addition to the printing press being made, the knowledge of medicine was being shared. 1543: The very first anatomy book was published by Andreas Vesalius (1514 - 1564). -
1500
16th and 17th Century
A major increase of knowledge involving the human body was found. The average life span being 35 - 45. 1500's :Ambroise Pare a french surgeon called the founding father of Modern day surgery began the use of ligatures to stop bleeding. 1600's :Early pharmacists also known as Apothecaries made, prescribed, and sold medicine. 1670 :The invention of the microscope allowed it so that physicians could see disease causing organisms, resulting in an immense advancement in medicine. -
18th Century
In 1714 A man named Gabriel Fahrenheit created the first ever seen mercury thermometer. 56 years later Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals better known as glasses. A meer 18 years later A man named John Hunter invented feeding tubes and established scientific surgical procedures. Lastly in the year 1798, just 20 years after Mr. Hunter, the smallpox vaccine was discovered. At this point in time people were now living from 40 - 50 years old. -
19th Century
There was hasty advancements via the discoveries of microorganisms, anesthesia, and vaccinations. 1816 was the year the stethoscope was born. 54 years later women were formally training and becoming active nurses in health care. In 1893, the first open heart surgery was done, only 2 years after that, 1895, the x-ray machine was developed. People are now reaching the age 60. -
20th Century : 1900 - 1959
Volant Growth in the business of Health Care. Blood types were discovered in 1901. Laparoscopic surgery was done in 1910. Vaccines that were recovered in the early 1900's were:
Insulin-1922
Antibioitcs-1928
Teburculosis-1925
Petussis-1927
Typhus-1937
Infulenza-1945 Kidney Dialysis Machine was made and 10 years later the Heart Lung Machine, the same year the structure of DNA was discovered & research in gene therapy began.And in 1953 the first bone marrow transplant was preformed. -
20th Century : 1960 - 1999
1960's
Kidney organ transplant was done- 1960
Vaccine found for Oral Polio- 1962
Liver transplant as well as vaccine for the Measles- 1963
Heart transplant and vaccine for Mumps- 1967
1970's
Vaccine for Rubella and targeted cancer therapies, The aim which interfered with the spread of cancer by blocking cells involved in tumor growth. It identified and killed those bad cells.
Vaccines for chicken pox, Streptococcus Pneumonia, Meningitis, Hep B were stumbled upon- 1974, 77, 78, 81. -
20th Century : 1960 - 1999 Continued
1980's
Artificial heart transplant was performed. 1990's Sometime in the 1990's smoke free laws were passed,and there was a decrease in 2nd hand smoking( where you inhale the smoke).
vaccine for Hep. A was uncovered- 1992
lastly vaccines for both Lyme Disease and Rotavirus were found in 1998.
1996 - Major advances in HIV medication were made. Turing it into a chronic disease.
1999 - There was rapid improvment in stem cell research. Ability to re-create lost or damaged tissue. -
21st Century
2001 - In Louisville, Ky. In the first ever first entirely implantable artificial heart was placed into a patient. 2003 - The Human Genome project was completed. It blueprinted human diseases in an attempt to a handle on genetic and autoimmune diseases. 2005 - Face transplants became a thing. Vaccines:
2006 - HPV ( Human Papillomavirus Vaccine) was founded to prevent cervical cancer
2015 - Both vaccines for Malaria and Ebola were uncovered.