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  • Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE

    history of medicine

    Illness and diseases were Caused by
    - evil spirits and demons
    -a punishment from the Gods
    Tribal witch doctors treated illness with ceremonies
    Herbs and plants used as medicines (morphine and digitalis)
    Trepidation or trephining (surgically removing a piece of bone from the skull)
    Average life span was 20 years
  • Period: 3000 BCE to 300 BCE

    ancient Egyptians

    Physicians were priests
    Health Records were first recorded by the ancient Egyptians
    Bloodletting or leeches used as medical treatment
    Average life span was 20-30 years
  • Period: 1700 BCE to 220

    ancient Chinese

    Believed in the need to treat the whole body by curing the spirit and nourishing the body
    Recorded a pharmacopoeia of medications based mainly on the use of herbs
    Used therapies such as acupuncture
    Began to search for medical reasons for illness
    Average life span was 20-30 years
  • Period: 1200 BCE to 200 BCE

    ancient greeks

    Hippocrates (Father of Medicine) and other physicians
    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
    Stressed diet, hygiene and exercise as ways to prevent disease
    Average life span was 25-35 years
  • Period: 753 BCE to 410

    ancient Romans

    First to organize medical care by providing care for injured soldiers
    Later hospitals were religious and charitable institutions in monasteries and convents
    First public health and sanitation systems by building sewers and aqueducts
    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
  • Period: 400 to 800

    dark ages

    Emphasis on saving the soul and study of medicine was prohibited
    Prayer and divine intervention were used to treat illness & disease
    Monks and priests provide custodial care for sick people
    Medications were mainly herbal mixtures
    Average life span was 20-30 years
    Disease Cause still blamed on circumstance, but no understanding
  • Period: 800 to 1400

    middle ages

    Renewed interest in medical practices of Greek and Romans
    1100: Arabs began requiring physicians pass examinations and obtain licenses
    1346-1353: Bubonic Plague killed 75% of population in Europe and Asia
    Major diseases included
    smallpox, diphtheria, tuberculosis, typhoid, the plaque, and malaria
    1220-1255: Medical Universities were established
    Average life span was 20-35 years
  • Period: 1350 to

    renaissance

    Rebirth of Science of Medicine
    Body Dissections led to increased understanding of anatomy and physiology
    1440: Invention of printing press allowed medical knowledge to be shared
    1543: First anatomy book was published by Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)
    Average life span was 30-40 years
    Disease cause STILL a mystery
  • Period: 1500 to 1499

    use of ligatures

    Ambroise Pare, a French surgeon, known as the Father of Modern Surgery established use of ligatures to stop bleeding

  • early pharmacists

    Apothecaries (early pharmacists) made, prescribed, and sold medications

  • Invention of the microscope

    Allowed physicians to see disease-causing organisms.

  • mercury thermometer

    Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736) created the first mercury thermometer

  • bifocals

    Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals

  • tube feeding

    John Hunter established scientific surgical procedures and introduced tube feeding

  • Smallpox vaccine

    Smallpox vaccine discovered

  • stethoscope

    Invention of the stethoscope

  • training for nurses

    Formal training for nurses began
    Women became active participants in health care

  • Open Heart Surgery

    First Open Heart Surgery
    Infection control developed once microorganisms were associated with disease

  • X-Ray Machine

    X-Ray Machine developed

  • blood groups discovered

    Found out how white blood cells protect against disease
    New medications were developed

  • Laparoscopic Surgery

    Minimal Invasive Surgery

  • insulin

    Insulin discovered and used to treat diabetes

  • antibiotics

    Antibiotics developed to fight infections (penicillin)

  • kidney dialysis machine

  • gene therapy

    Structure of DNA discovered and research in gene therapy begins

  • heart lung machine

  • bone marrow transplant

    Initiated Embryonic Stem Cell Research

  • organ transplant

    kidney

  • organ transplants

    liver

  • Organ Transplants

    heart

  • Targeted Cancer Therapies

    Interfere with the spread of cancer by blocking cells involved in tumor growth

  • test tube babies

  • Organ Transplants

    artificial heart

  • Smoke Free Laws

    Decrease in 2nd Hand Smoke

  • Advances in HIV Medication

    Turned a “death sentence disease” into a manageable chronic disease – Normal Life Span

  • Stem Cell Research

    Advances in HIV Medication
    Turned a “death sentence disease” into a manageable chronic disease – Normal Life Span

  • implantable artificial heart

    The first totally implantable artificial heart was placed in a patient in Louisville, Ky. In

  • Human Genome Project Completed

    Mapped out human diseases in an effort to get an handle on genetic and autoimmune diseases

  • face transplants

  • hpv

    HPV (Human Papillomavirus Vaccine)

  • ebola

  • malaria