History Of Medicine - Mikensey Hanna

By Kenseyh1
  • 4000 BCE

    Primitive Times

    Primitive Times
    • Diseases were believed to be caused by evil spirits & demons as punishment from the gods
    • Witch doctors treated diseases
      • Herbs and plants used as medicine
      • Trepanation (Surgically removing piece of bone from skull)
    • Average life span was 20 years
  • 3000 BCE

    Ancient Egyptians

    Ancient Egyptians
    • Physicians were priests
      • Health records first recorded by ancient Egyptians
    • Leeches and Bloodletting used as medical treatment
    • Average life span was 20-30 years
  • 1700 BCE

    Ancient Chinese

    Ancient Chinese
    • Believed in treatment by nourishment and curing the spirit
      • Recorded a book of medicines based on the use of herbs
      • Used acupuncture therapy
    • Began searching for medical reasons for sickness
    • Average life span was 20-30 years
  • 1200 BCE

    Ancient Greeks

    Ancient Greeks
    • Hippocrates and other physicians
      • First to observe human body, effects of disease
        • Led to modern medical science
      • Believed death of illness was natural causes
      • Diet, hygiene and exercise prevented disease *Used massage, art therapy, herbal treatment
    • Average life span was 25-35 years
  • 753 BCE

    Ancient Romans

    Ancient Romans
    • First to organize medical care by providing for injured soldiers
    • Hospitals were religious and charitable institutions
    • First public health and sanitation systems
    • 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

    Dark ages

    Dark ages
    • Emphasis on saving the soul
      • Study of medicine was prohibited
    • Prayer and intervention were used to treat illness/disease
    • Monks and priests provided care for the ill
    • Mainly herbal medicine
    • Disease blamed on circumstance, no understanding
    • Average life span 20-30 years
  • 800

    Middle Ages

    Middle Ages
    • New interest in medical practices of Greek and Romans *1100: Arabs began requiring physicians pass tests and have licenses *1346-1353: Bubonic Plague wiped out 75% of population in Europe and Asia *1220-1255: Medical Universities were established
    • Average life span was 20-35 years