History Of Medicine- Kash Ngoja

By Kngoja
  • 2000 BCE

    trephination Peru

    Medicine men in Peru practise trephination, cuttting holes in the skulls of brave or foolhardy patients
  • 1200 BCE

    Ancient Greeks

    First to observe the human body and the effects of disease – led to modern medical sciences.
    Believed illness is a result of natural causes
    Used therapies such as massage, art therapy, and herbal treatment
  • 550 BCE

    Indian medicine three humours

    Indian medical theory maintains that the body consists of three humours - spirit, phlegm and bile
  • 800

    Dark Ages

    Medications were mainly herbal mixtures
    Average life span was 20-30 years
    Disease Cause still blamed on circumstance,
    but no understanding
  • 1400

    Middle Ages

    Bubonic Plague killed 75% of population in Europe and Asia
    Major diseases included
    smallpox, diphtheria, tuberculosis, typhoid, the plaque, and malaria

  • 16th and 17th Centuries

    Invention of the microscope
    Allowed physicians to see disease-causing organisms.
    HUGE advancement
    Average life span 35-45 years
    Cause of disease still not known – many people died from infections
    Some enlightenment though due to microscope

  • The Official Journal of the Gulf Heart Association

    Additional article Information
    Edward Jenner develops the process of vaccination for smallpox, the first vaccines for any disease.

  • 20th Century

    ABO blood groups discovered
    Found out how white blood cells protect against disease
    New medications were developed.