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Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Early Beginnings
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3900 BCE
Disease Caused By?
Evil Spirts -
3600 BCE
Treatments for sick?
Herbs and plants -
3100 BCE
Medicines used today?
Digitalis-foxgloves plants, used to chew but now are in pill form and injection to treat heart condition. -
3100 BCE
Medicines used today?
Quinine-comes from the bark of the cinchona tree. It controls fever, relieves muscle spasms, and helps prevent malaria -
3100 BCE
Medicines used today?
Belladonna and atropine-made from the poisonous nightshade plant. They relieve muscle spasms, especially in gastrointestinal pain. -
3100 BCE
Medicines used today?
Morphine-made from the opium poppy. It’s very effective medication for treating severe pain. But, can also addicting and used when only nothing else will help. -
Period: 2999 BCE to 399
Ancient Times
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2900 BCE
Ancient Egyptians
They were the earliest people to keep accurate health records. -
2900 BCE
Ancient Egyptians
Who are physicians?-The priests were the physicians. -
2900 BCE
Ancient Egyptians
How did they heal?-They used medicines to heal diseases. -
1900 BCE
Ancient Chinese
Development of acupuncture-The were the first to use primitive acupuncture therapies -
900 BCE
Ancient Greeks
Dissection-Religious custom did not allow body’s to be dissected. -
900 BCE
Ancient Greeks
Hippocrates- He based his knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the external body. -
900 BCE
Ancient Greeks
Illness cause nature vs. spiritual-They were the first to study the causes of disease and to determine that illnesses may have natural, rather than spiritual causes. -
100
Ancient Romans
Sanitation systems-They brought water into the cities by waterways and aquaducts. Then, they built sewers to carry off waste. They also built public baths with filtering systems. -
100
Ancient Romans
Organize medical care-They were the first to organize medical care. -
100
Ancient Romans
Hospital development-They sent medical equipment and physicians with army’s to care for wounded soldiers. Roman physicians kept a room in their house to care for the ill. Public buildings were eventually established. This was the beginning of hospitals.