History Medicine Timeline -EMELY ORNELAS

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  • 4000 BCE

    Primitive Times

    Primitive Times
    Causes for illness & diseases: evil spirits and demons
    a punishment from the Gods
    -Treatments: Herbs and plants used as medicines, Trepanation or trephining
    Life span (20 years)
  • 3000 BCE

    Ancient Egyptians

    Ancient Egyptians
    Physicians were priests
    -Treatment: Bloodletting or leeches
    Life span: 20-30 years
  • 1700 BCE

    Ancient Chinese

    Ancient Chinese
    -Treatment: Treat the whole body, herbs,
    They began to search for medical reasons for illness
    Life span: 20-30 years
  • 1200 BCE

    Ancient Greeks

    Ancient Greeks
    Hippocrates and other physicians
    -First, check the body effects of the disease to what led to modern medical sciences.
    They thought illness was a result of natural causes Treatment: therapies/massage, art therapy, and herbal
  • 753 BCE

    Ancient Roman

    Ancient Roman
    Medical care by providing care for injured soldiers.
    Hospitals were religious and charitable.
    First public health and sanitation systems. Galen established the belief that the body was regulated by four body humors: blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile
    Life span:25-35
  • 400

    Dark Ages

    Dark Ages
    They saved the soul and study of medicine.
    -Treatment: prayers, herbs
    life span:20-30 Years
  • 1350

    Renaissance

    Renaissance
    Increased understanding of anatomy and physiology
    1440: The invention of the printing press
    1543: The first anatomy book was published by Andreas Vesalius
    Life span 30-40 years
  • 1400

    Middle Ages

    Middle Ages
    Their interest in the medical practices of Greeks and Romans.
    1100: Arabs began requiring physicians to pass examinations.
    1346-1353: Bubonic Plague killed 75% of the population in Europe and Asia Major diseases
    DISEASES: Smallpox, diphtheria, tuberculosis, typhoid, plaque, and malaria
    Life span:20-35 years
  • 1499

    16th and 17th centuries

    16th and 17th centuries
    Knowledge of the body getting better.
    ligature to stop bleeding was invented and the microscope.
    the ability to see germs was a HUGE advancement.
    Life span: 35-45

  • 18th Century

    18th Century
    Creation of the thermometer
    Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals
    smallpox Vaccine
    Life span: 40-50

  • 19th century

    19th century
    Rapid advancements due to the discoveries of microorganisms and vaccines
    First open heart surgery
    invention of the stethoscope
    Life span:40-60

  • 20th Century

    20th Century
    ABO blood groups discovered insulin
    Antibiotics developed
    The heart-lung machine invented structure of DNA discovered

  • 20 Century Cont.

    20 Century Cont.
    First bone marrow transplant
    Test tube babies
    organ transplants

  • 21st Century

    21st Century
    First totally implantable artificial heart was placed in a patient in Louisville Ky.
    Face Transplants