Prentice History of Healthcare

  • Ancient Chinese

    Development of acupuncture- started using different tools to heal disease and sickness
  • Ancient Egyptians

    Health records- first group to keep records
    Who are physicians- priests
    How did they heal- medicines, used leeches for bloodletting
  • Period: to 399

    Ancient times

  • Medicine used today

    Digitalalis for heart
    Quinine digestion
    Belledona and atropine digestion
    Morphine pain
  • Treatments

    Prayer, amputation
  • Diseases

    Evil spirits
  • Period: to

    History