History of Medicine - Mercedes Hobeck

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  • 4000 BCE

    4000 BC – 3000 B Primitive Times

    4000 BC – 3000 B Primitive Times
    • Illness and diseases were caused by the evil spirits.
    • Tribal doctors cured illnesses by doing ceremonies.
    • They used herbs and plants like morphine and digitalis.
    • Life span is about 20 years.
  • 1700 BCE

    1700 BC – AD 220 Ancient Chinese

    1700 BC – AD 220 Ancient Chinese
    • The way to cure the body is by curing the spirit.
    • Started researching for medical reasons for illness.
    • The life span during this time period was 20-30 years.
  • 1200 BCE

    1200 BC –200 BC Ancient Greeks

    1200 BC –200 BC Ancient Greeks
    • Hippocrates and other physicians.
    • Researching the body and the effects of disease led to modern medical sciences.
    • Illness was a result of natural cause.
    • Used art therapy, herbal treatment and massages.
    • Life span was 25-35 years during this time period.
  • 753 BCE

    753 BC – AD 410 Ancient Romans

    753 BC – AD 410 Ancient Romans
    • First to start providing care.
    • Hospitals are religious and charitable institutions in monasteries and convents.
    • Made the first public health and sanitation systems by making sewers and aqueducts.
    • Galen made a belief that the body is regulated by 4 humors, blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile.
    • Life span was about 25-35 years.
  • 400

    AD 400 – AD 800 Dark Ages

    AD 400 – AD 800 Dark Ages
    • Saving the soul and studying medicine was prohibited.
    • Prayers and divine intervention was used to treat illness and diseases.
    • Monks and priests provide care for sick people.
    • Medicine was herbal mixtures.
    • Life span was about 20-30 years.
  • 800

    AD 800 – AD 1400 Middle Ages

    AD 800 – AD 1400 Middle Ages
    • Greeks and Romans renewed the interest in medical practices.
    • Small pox, diphtheria, tuberculosis, typhoid, plaque and malaria.
    • Life span was 20-35 years.
  • 1350

    AD 1350 – AD 1650 Renaissance

    AD 1350 – AD 1650 Renaissance
    • Rebirth of science medicine.
    • Body dissections caused people to have a increased understanding of anatomy and physiology.
    • The disease is still a mystery.
    • Life span is 30-40 years.

  • 16th and 17th Centuries

    16th and 17th Centuries
    • Not many people had knowledge on the human body.
    • Apothecaries created, prescribed and sold medications.
    • The invention of the microscope.
    • Cause of the disease is still not known, many have died because of it causing infections.
    • Life span 35-45 years.

  • 18th Century

    18th Century
    • The first mercury thermometer was created by Gabriel Fahrenheit.
    • Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals.
    • John Hunter created scientific surgical procedures and introduced tube feeding.
    • The small pox vaccine was discovered. The average life span was 40-50 years.

  • 19th Century

    19th Century
    • X ray was discovered.
    • Rapid advancements due to discoveries of microorganisms, anesthesia and vaccinations.
    • The first ever heart surgery was done.
    • The stethoscope was invented.
    • The average life span was 40-60 years.

  • 20th Century

    20th Century
    • There was a rapid growth in health care.
    • Many new medications and machines were discovered.
    • Surgical and diagnostic techniques developed to cure once fatal conditions.

  • 3000 BC – 300 BC Ancient Egyptians

    3000 BC – 300 BC Ancient Egyptians
    • Physicians were priests.
    • The first health records were recorded by the Ancient Egyptians.
    • Bloodletting and leches was the most used medical treatment during this time.
    • The life span during this time was about 20-30 years.