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Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Early beginnings
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3900 BCE
diseases caused
Evil spirts -
3600 BCE
Treatments
Prayers, exorcisms -
3100 BCE
Medicines used today
Morphine-pain
Quinine-digestion -
Period: 2999 BCE to 399
Ancient times
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1900 BCE
Ancient chines
Development of acupuncture- they were the first(still used today) -
900 BCE
Ancient Greek
Illness cause nature vs. spirits-the first study the cause of disease( not just a spirt)
Dissection-no dissecting because of religion.
Hippocrates- the father of medicine. -
100 BCE
Ancient romans
Sanitation system- they found diseases are sometimes caused by lack of sanitation. So now they use clean water in there city.
Organize medical care-first to have and help with wounded soldiers and started the begging of hospitals.
Hospital development- public building to care for the sick -
Period: 400 to 800
Dark age
Stopped the study of medicine, why?- They stopped because of their religion “life and death are in Gods hands” there for the monks and the priest had no interest.
How do they treat disease?-with prayers -
Period: 1501 to
16th and 17th centuries
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1515
Leonardo da Vinci
Studied and recorded the anatomy of the body. -
1550
Gabriele fallopius
Discovered the tube of the female anatomy -
1563
Bartolommeo eustachio
Discovered the tube leading from the ear to the throat (euatchain tube) -
William Harvey
Used his knowledge to understand physiology (circulating of blood pumping to the heart ) -
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Invented the microscope-established that there’s life smaller than the eye can see. -
Ancient Egyptian's
Health records-first to keep track and see if they issues is related.
Who are physicians-the priest are the physician's
How did they heal- they used medicines and treated disorders by bloodletting with leaches.