History Of Medicine- Cody Sorensen

Primitive Times

3000 BCE

Average life span in these days was 20 years
They would use plants and herbs for medicine
Trepanation was also used in thought of helping remove anything bad from the brain.

Ancient Romans

753 BCE

First to provide care to the soldiers.
It got more sanitary when the creation of sewers and aqueducts came to be.
Life span was 25-35 years

Ancient Egyptians

300 BCE

Bloodletting and leeches were used because the thought this would help remove the bacteria from the blood.
Average lifespan is increased to 20 to 30 years.

Ancient Greeks

200 BCE

Hippocrates was first to observe the human body and how it reacted with illness and different diseases.
This led to big medical breakthroughs in medical science.

Ancient Chinese

220

Acupuncture began to become more popular to remove any bad spirits fro the body, was also was used for relaxation. They began to search the reasons why people were getting sick.
Average lifespan is 20-30 years

Dark Ages

800

Medicine and studies of it became prohibited.
Prayer was now used for medicine.
Medication was mainly herbal mixtures.
Life span is 30-40 years

Middle Ages

1400

Arabs began to have physicians require to pass exams and obtain licenses.
The Bubonic plauge played killed 75% of people.
Medical University's were established.
Life span was 20-35 years

Renaissance

1650

The invention of the printing press made it easier for medical information to be shared.
The first anatomy book was produced my Vesalius.
Causes of Disease is still a mystery
Life span was 30-40

16th and 17th Centuries

1670

Knowledge about the human body increased.
The creation of the microscope was a huge help to medical professionals.
Many people are still dying from infections
Life span was 35-45

18th Century

1798

Gabriel Fahrenheit creates the first mercury thermometer.
Smallpox vaccine is discovered in 1798
Franklin invented bifocals
Life span was 40 to 50 years

19th Century

1860

We make a discovery of microorganisms, anesthesia, and vaccinations
In 1895 the first X-ray machine is developed.
And in 1893 the first open heart surgery is done.
Official formal training of nurses becomes required.
Life span was 40-60

20th century

1953

ABO blood groups are discovered.
Insulin and antibiotics are used for diabetes and infections.
The structure of DNA is discovered.
New Machinery is developed to further more help with surgery and diagnosis

20th and 21st Centuries

1999

Cancer therapies are produced
They interfere with the spread of cancer by blocking cells involved in tumor growth
Identify and kill the cancer cells.
Increases in HIV medication.
Begins rapid research in stem cells.

21st Century

2015

The first artificial heart was put into a patient in 2001.
HPV (Human Papillomavirus Vaccine) was released to help
prevent Cervical Cancer.
We Mapped out human diseases in an effort to get an handle on genetic and autoimmune diseases