History of medicine- Myle Barnes

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  • 4000 BCE

    Primitive times

    -Average life span was 20 years
    -Ilness and diseases were caused by evil spirits and demons
    -herbs and plants can be used as medicine
    -tribal witch doctors treated ilness with ceremonies
  • 3000 BCE

    Ancient Egyptians

    -physicians were priests
    -the health records were first recorded by the ancient Egyptians
    -average life span was 20-30 years
  • 1200 BCE

    Ancient Greeks

    Hippocrates (Fathers of medicine) and others were the first to observe the human body and the effects of disease
    -believed illness is a result of natural causes
    -used art as therapy as well as herbs
  • 753 BCE

    Ancient Romans

    -first to organize medical care for injured soldiers
    -life span was 25-35 years
    -first public health and sanitation stations
  • 400

    Dark Ages

    -emphasis on saving the soul and and the study of medicine was prohibited
    -monks and priest provide custodial care for sick people
    -average life span was 20-30 years
    -prayer and divine intervention were used to treat illness and disease
  • 1100

    Middle Ages

    -renewed interest in medical practice of Greek and Romans
    -average life span was 20-35 years
    -1220-1255 medical universities were established
  • 1350

    Renaissance

    -rebirth of Science of Medication
    -body dissections lead to increased understanding of anatomy and physiology
    average life span was 30-40 years
    -disease cause STILL a mystery

  • 16 and 17th centuries

    -knowledge regarding the human body had a huge increase
    -average life span was 35-45 years
    -many people died from infections
    -in 1670 was the invention of the microscope

  • 18th century

    -average life span was 40-50 years
    -Ben frank invented bifocals
    -small pox vaccine discovered
    -Gabriel Fahrenheit created the first mercury thermometer

  • 19th Century

    -X ray machine developed
    -first open heart surgery
    -invention of the stethoscope
    -formal training for nurses became
    -average life span of 40-60 years

  • 20th Century

    -Rapid growth in health care
    -new medications like insulinw ere developed
    -new machines deceloped
    -structre of dna discovered
    the first bone marrow transplant
    -test tube babies
    -organ transplants

  • 21 century

    -targeted cancer therapies
    -smoke free laws
    -advances is HIV medicine
    -rapid advances in cell research
    -face transplants
    -vaccines