History of Medicine- (Jadyn Goins)

Primitive Times

3000 BCE

-Belived illnesses were caused by evil spirits and punishment from God
-Which doctors would hold ceremonies to cure illnesses
-Herbs and plants were used for medication
-Removed pieces of the skull
-Average life span was 20 years

Ancient Egyptians

300 BCE

-Priests took the roles of physicians
-Egyptians where first to record medical records
-Leeches where used for medical treatment
-Average life span was mid 20's

Ancient Chinese

220 BCE

-Curing the body from spirits was a form of treatment
-Record of herbs used for medicine was recorded
-Used acupuncture
-Began searching for medical answers for whats causing illness
-Average life span was mid 20's

Ancient Greeks

200 BCE

-First to observe the human body (This led to modern medical sciences)
-Illness is a result of a natural cause
-Used massage, art, and herbal therapy as treatment
-Exercise and hygiene helped with preventing illness
-Average lifespan was 30's

Dark Ages

400

-Saving the soul and studding medicine was prohibited
-Prayers were use to treat illness
-Medicines were made out of herbs
-Average lifespan was mid 20's
-Diseases were still blamed on circumstances
-No understanding

Ancient Romans

410

-First to provide medical care for soldiers
-Hospitals were religious
-First to build sewers
-Belived the body was regulated by four different humors: blood, phlegm, black bile, yellow bile

Middle Ages

800

-Renewed medical interest
-Arabs made physicians to have a medical licence
-Bubonic plague wiped 75% of population
-Medical schools became a thing
-Average life span was 30

Renaissance

1350

-Rebirth of medicine
-Body Dissections increased the understanding of anatomy
-Invention of print and press made medical knowledge easier to share
-First anatomy book was published
-Cause of disease was still a mystery
- Average lifespan was 35 years

16th and 17th Centuries

1650

-Knowledge with the human body increased majorly
-Ligatures were established to stop bleeding
-Early pharmasists sold medicine
-Microscope was invented
-Cause of disease was still unknown
-Many people died from infections
-Average lifespan was 40 years

18th Century

1700

-First mercury thermometer was made
-Bifocals were invented
-Tube feeding was introduced
-Scientific surgical procedures happened a lot more
-Smallpox vaccine was invented
-Average lifespan was 45 years

19th Century

1800

-Advancements happened rapidly from discovery of medicines and microorganisms
-X-ray was invented
-First open heart surgery happened
-Stethoscope was invented
-Training for nurses began
-Average lifespan was 50 years

20th Century

1900

-ABO blood groups were discovered
-Discovered how white blood cells worked
-New medicines were used
-Incline and penicillin were used
-New machines were developed
-DNA was discovered and researched
-First bone marrow transplant
-Organ transplants became available
-Many different vaccines happened
-Targeted cancer therapies
-Smoke free laws were put in place
-Advanced HIV medication
-Stem cell research rapidly increased

21st Century

2000

-Artificial heart was implanted for the first time
-Face transplants happened
-More vaccines