History of Medicine-Karen Heredia

By Karen.heredia05
  • 4000 BCE

    Primitive times

    Primitive times
    *Illness and diseases were punishments from the Gods
    *Witch doctors treated illness

    *Herbs and plants used as medicines
    *Surgically removing a piece of bone from the skull
    *Average life span was 20 years
  • 3000 BCE

    Ancient Egyptians

    Ancient Egyptians
    *Health Records were first recorded by the ancient Egyptians
    *leeches used as medical treatment
    *The average life span was 20-30 years
  • 1700 BCE

    Ancient Chinese

    Ancient Chinese
    *Used therapies such as acupuncture
    *Began to search for medical reasons for illness
    *Average life span was 20-30 years
  • 1200 BCE

    Ancient Greeks

    Ancient Greeks
    *Believed illness is a result of natural causes
    *Used therapies such as massage, art therapy, and herbal treatment
    *Stressed diet, hygiene and exercise as ways to prevent disease
    *Average life span was 25-35 years
  • 753 BCE

    Ancient Romans

    Ancient Romans
    *Later hospitals were religious and charitable institutions in monasteries and convents
    *First public health and sanitation systems by building sewers and aqueducts
    *Galen established belief that the body was regulated by four body humors; blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile
    *Life span was 25-35 years
  • 400 BCE

    Dark Ages

    Dark Ages
    *Prayer and divine intervention were used to treat illness & disease
    *Monks and priests provide custodial care for sick people
    *Average life span was 20-30 years
    *Disease Cause still blamed on circumstance, but no understanding
  • 800

    Middle Ages

    Middle Ages
    *Bubonic Plague killed 75% of population in Europe and Asia
    *Major diseases included
    smallpox, diphtheria, tuberculosis, typhoid, the plaque, and malaria
    *Medical Universities were established
    *Average life span was 20-35 years
  • 1350

    Renaissance

    Renaissance
    *Body Dissections led to increased understanding of anatomy and physiology
    *The invention of the printing press allowed medical knowledge to be shared
    * The first anatomy book was published by Andreas Vesalius
    *Average life span was 30-40 years

  • 16th and 17th Centuries

    16th and 17th Centuries
    *Invention of the microscope
    *Apothecaries (early pharmacists) made, prescribed, and sold medications
    *Ambroise Pare (1510-1590), a French surgeon, known as the Father of Modern Surgery established use of ligatures to stop bleeding
    *Average life span 35-45 years

  • 18th Century

    18th Century
    *Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736) created the first mercury thermometer
    *Smallpox vaccine discovered 1798
    *John Hunter (1728-1793), established scientific surgical procedures and introduced tube feeding
    * Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals
    *Average life span 40-50 years

  • 19th Century

    19th Century
    *First Open Heart Surgery - 1893
    *Women became active participants in health care
    *Infection control developed once microorganisms were associated with disease
    *Average life span 40-60 years

  • 20th Century

    20th Century
    *Found out how white blood cells protect against disease
    *New medications were developed
    *New machines developed
    *Test tube babies
    *Organ Transplants
    *First Bone Marrow Transplant

  • 21st Century

    21st Century
    • The first totally implantable artificial heart was placed in a patient in Louisville, Ky. In 2001 *Human Genome Project *Re-Create lost/damaged tissue *Interfere with the spread of cancer by blocking cells involved in tumor growth *Face Transplants *Laparoscopic Surgery