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Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Early begging
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3900 BCE
Diseases caused
Evil spirts -
3600 BCE
Treatments for sick
Prayer, Blood letting, amputations -
3100 BCE
Medicine used today
Digitalis- used for heart
Quinine- digestion
Morphine-pain
Belladonna and atropine- digestion -
Period: 2999 BCE to 399
Ancient times
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2900 BCE
Ancient Egyptians
Health records- the earliest people to keep health records.
Who are physicians?- the priest acted ad physician
How did they heal?- medicine, bloodletting,leeches -
1900 BCE
Ancient Chinese
Development of acupuncture- used stone tools to make acupuncture -
900 BCE
Ancient Greeks
Illnesses cause nature vs spiritual- observe the illnesses to determine nature vs spiritual
Dissection- did not allow dissections
Hippocrates- the father of medicine -
100
Ancient Roman’s
Sanitation systems- clean water
Organize medical care- the first, sent medical equipment with armies to cure wounded soldiers.
Hospital development- public buildings -
Period: 400 to 800
Dark age
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500
Stopped the study of medicine?
Had no interest on how body functions -
700
How do they treat diseases?
Vaccines and medications -
Period: 800 to 1400
Middle age
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1100
Epidemics
Epidemics- caused millions of death -
Period: 1350 to
Renaissance
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1450
Rebirth?
Universities-for research
Dissections- body of study
Books- greater access to knowledge -
Period: 1501 to
16th and 17th centuries
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1515
Leonardo de Vinci
Studied and recorded the anatomy of the body -
1550
Gabriele Fallopius
Discovered the fallopian tube of the female anatomy -
1563
Bartolommeo Eustachio
Discovered the tube leading from the ear to the throat -
William Harvey
Used his knowledge to understand physics, he could describe the circulation of blood and pumping the heart. -
Antoine von Leeuwenhoek
Invented the microscope, established there is life smaller than the eye can see, found cause of tooth decay. -
Apothecaries
In midieval england, these apothecaries engaged in an flourishing trade in drugs and spices from he east. -
Period: to
18th century
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Benjamin Franklin
Discoveries include bifocals and found that colds can be passes from person to person -
Medical students learning
Attended lectures in classroom and laboratory but also observed patients at the bed side -
Joesph Priestley
Discovered oxygen also observed the plants refresh air that plants lost its oxygen making it usable for resperation -
Edward Jenner
Discovered a method of vaccination for smallpox. Saved millions of lives. Also led to immunization and to preventive medicine in public health -
Rene laennec
Invented the stethoscope. Made of wood, increased the ability to hear the heart and lungs allowing doctors to determine if diseases was present -
Period: to
19th and 20th centuries
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Ignaz Semmelweis
Identified the cause of childbed fever. Noted that the patients of midwives had fewer deaths. His studies were proved correct by others and handwashing and cleanliness became and accepted practice. -
Florence nightingale
Attracted well educates women to the nursing school -
Louis Pasteur
Father of microbiogly discovered many tiny microorganism -
Dimitri ivanovski
Discovered that some disease are caused by microorganisms that cant be found in microscopes -
Joesph lister
Learned abt pasteurs discovery that microorganisms cause infection. Used carbolic acid on wounds to kill germs. Became first doctor to use antiseptic -
Ernst von Bergmann
Devolpd a method to kepp and area germ free before after and during surgery. -
Robert Koch
Discovered many diseases causing organism. Devolved the culture platemetod to identify pathogens and aslo isolated the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. Introduced the importance of cleanliness and sanitation -
Paul ehrlich
Discovered the effect of Medicen on disease -
Wilhelm Roentgen
Discovered X-RAYS in 1895 -
Anesthesia
Used herbs hashish and alcohol to help relive pain of surgery. Then made patients go unconscious. Many died from surgery before anesthesia -
Sir Alexander Fleming
Discovered pencilian
One of the most important things in the 20th century -
Sigmund Freud
Discovered the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind
Determined that mind and body work together -
Gerhard Domagk
Discovered sulfonamide compounds first medic ent effective to kill bacteria -
Jonas salk
Discovered that a dead polio virus would cause immunity to poliomyelitis. Virus paralyzed thousands of adults. -
Albert Sabin
Used live polio virus vaccines, which is more effective. Used today to immuntlize babys -
Francis crick and James Watson
Discovered the molecular structure of DNA. -
Christian Barnard
Preformed the first successful heart transplant in 1968 -
Ben carson
Pioneer in separating Siamese twins and preforming hemisphoerectomies. -
Cancer pill called imatinbib
Made to help cure cancer -
Period: to
21st century
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Stem cells targeted cancer drugs open treatment optins
Helping with so your don’t have to take chemo or other none medicine treatments -
Telemedicine
Telemedicene relates to remote clinical services -
mNR technology
Vaccines Help reduce deaths from the COVID-19 -
Artificial intelligence
Useful when it come to detecting diseases early and quickly verifying and accurate dignosis