History of Medicine - Khloe Lewin

By khloelewin
  • 4000 BCE

    Primitive Times

    They believed illness and disease came from the evil spirits or as a punishment from God. Herbs and other plants were used to cure these illnesses.
  • 3000 BCE

    Ancient Egyptians

    Physicians were the priests. The first health records were during these times. Leeches were used as medical treatment
  • 1700 BCE

    Ancient Chinese

    Used Acupuncture and other treatments to help cure illness. Average life span was 20-30 years old.
  • 1200 BCE

    Ancient Greeks

    Hippocrates ( father of Medicine) was during that time. Physicians started believing illness was a result of natural cause. They started caring about diet, hygiene, and exercise to help stay healthy.
  • 400

    Dark Ages

    saving the soul and studying medicine was prohibited. prayer was used to treat illnesses.
  • 753

    Ancient Romans

    Hospitals became religious and average life span was 25-30 years.
  • 800

    Middle Ages

    Renewed interest of medical practice in Greece and Rome. Arabs made physicians pass tests in order to be certified.
  • 1350

    Renaissance

    Rebirth of Science of Medicine. Body dissections led to increased understanding of anatomy and physiology.

  • 16th Century

    Knowledge of the human body greatly increased.

  • 18th Century

    First thermometer created and introduction of tube feeding

  • Smallpox Vaccination introduced

    Introduced by Edward Jenner and was the first successful vaccine to be developed

  • 19th Century

    Rapid advancements due to discoveries of microorganisms, anesthesia, and vaccinations

  • Puerperal Fever Discovery

    Discovered by Ignaz Semmelweis in a hospital in an Obstetric Clinic in Vienna, Germany

  • First use of Anesthesia

    Was used at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston by a dentist and surgeon with the names of William Morton and John Warren.

  • Insect-borne Disease Transmission

    Theobald Smith identifies what insect-borne disease transmission is and discovers cause of scurvy and what heat-killed vaccines are

  • 20th Century

    New medications and machines were introduced.
    Structure of DNA was introduced

  • Introduction of Insulin

    Elliott Joslin introduces Insulin to US and founds the Joslin Diabetes Center.

  • Blood Test for Syphilis

    William Hinton developed a blood test to distinguish if a patient has Syphilis

  • Pap Smear discovered

    A general researcher introduces the use of Pap Smear to determine cervical cancer

  • First Successful Kidney Transplant

    John Murray the surgeon successfully made the first kidney transplant

  • Digging Deeper into Brain Structure

    In an advance towards the understanding of brain structure, researchers make a procedure for extracting and observing brain lipids.

  • Human Limb Reattachment

    A team of surgeons performed a re-plantation of an arm making them the first to successfully reattach something of a human.

  • Discoveries of HIV and AIDS

    Researchers discovered AIDS and HIV's