History of medicine-(Aubrey Durham)

primitve times

4000 BCE

.illness was punishments from gods or evil spirits
.witch doctors treated illness
.herbs and plants were medicine
.trepanation was used(took bone from the skull)
.average life span was 20 years

ancient egyptains

3000 BCE

.physicians and priests were doctors
.Egyptians first record health records
.bloodletting and leaches were used
.average life span was 20-30

ancient chinese

1700 BCE

.believed you needed to treat the whole body
.recorded medicine and used herbs
.started acupuncture
.began searching for medical reasons
.average life span was 20-30

ancient greece

1200 BCE

.first to observe human body and its affects
.believed illness was a result on natural causes
.used therapies such as massage, art, and herbal therapy/treatment
.stressed diet, hygiene, and exercise were used to prevent disease
.average life span was 25-35

ancient romans

753 BCE

.first to organize medical care for injured soldiers
.hospitals were religious and charitable institutes
.first public sanitation were installed

.body was regulated by four body humors
.average life span was 25-35

dark ages

400

.emphasis on saving the soul
.medicine was prohibited
.prayer and divine intervention were used to treat illness
.monks and priests could provide care for the sick
.medicine was mainly herbal mixtures
.average life span was 20-30

middle ages

800

.renewed interest in medical practice
.arabs began requiring requiring physicians to pas exams to obtain license
.bubonic plaque killed 75% of population
.medical university's were established
.average life span was 20-35

renaissance

1350

.rebirth of science and medicine
.body dissections lead to better understanding of anatomy and physiology
.the printing press was made and allowed medical research to be shared everywhere
.the first anatomy book was published
.average life span was 30-40

16th and 17th century

1500

.knowledge of human body increased
.father of modern surgery established using ligatures to stop bleeding
.early pharmacists made, prescribed, and sold medications
.average life span was 35-45

18th century

1700

.gabriel fahrenheit the mercury thermometer is created
.benjamin franklin created bifocals
.john hunter established scientific surgical procedures and introduced tube feeding
.small pox vaccine is discovered
.average life span was 40-50
.

19th century

1800

.rapid advancements due to discovery of microorganisms, anesthesia, and vaccination
.x-ray machine was developed
.first open heart surgery
.invention of stethascope
.formal training for nurses began
.average life span was 40-60

top 10 20-21st century

1900

.laparoscopic surgery
.targeted cancer therapies
.smoke free laws
.advances in HIV medicine
.rapid advancement in stem cell research
.

20th century

1900

.ABO blood groups discovered
.new medication were developed
-insulin
-antibiotics(penicillin)
.new machines developed
-kidney dialysis machine
-heart lung machine
.structure of dna discovered
.first bone marrow transplant
.test tube babies
.organ transplants started
.many new vaccines
Diphtheria, Tuberculosis, Pertussis, Typhus, Influenza, Oral Polio, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Chicken Pox,Streptococcus Pneumonia, Meningitis, Hepatitis B , Hepatitis A , Lyme Disease, Rotavirus

21st century-top 10

2000

.first totally implantable artificial heart was placed in a patient
.human genome project completed
.face transplants started