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Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Early beginnings
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3900 BCE
Disease caused by?
Evil spirits -
3600 BCE
Treatments for sick
They practiced exorcism to get rid of the evil spirits. -
3100 BCE
Medicines used today
- Digitalis 2.Quinine
- Belladonna and Atropine
- Morphine
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Period: 2999 BCE to 399
Ancient times
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Period: 2900 BCE to 2900 BCE
Ancient Egyptians
Health records- They were the first people to keep accurate health records. Who are the physicians? The priests. How did they heal? They used splinting fractures and bloodletting. -
1900 BCE
Ancient Chinese
Development of acupuncture- They figured out they could use stone tools to heal people and now they still use it today. -
990 BCE
Ancient Greeks
Illness cause nature v.s. Spiritual- They realized that illness may have a natural cause rather than spiritual. Dissection- Religion's did not allow dissections of the bodies. Hippocrates- He kept many notes on symptoms and figured out that illness and disease was not caused by supernatural forces . -
100
Ancient Roman’s
Sanitation systems- They brought clean water to their cities and made sewers to carry away waste. They also built public baths with a filtering system. Organize medical care- They kept a room in their house for the ill and sent medical equipment to the soldiers to treat them. Hospital development- When they started having rooms in their house for the ill that was the beginning of hospitals. -
Period: 400 to 800
Dark Age
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500
Stopped the study of medicine, why?
They stopped because they only practiced it in convents or monasteries. -
700
How do they treats disease?
They treated diseases by herbal mixes. -
Period: 800 to 1400
Middle Age
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1100
Epidemics
Epidemics caused millions of deaths during this period. A big one was the bubonic plague (the Black Death). This killed 60 million people. Now they have vaccines. -
Period: 1350 to
Renaissance
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1450
Rebirth
- This was the “rebirth” of learning.
- They built medical schools and universities
- They accepted dissection of bodies
- Printing of books allowed greater knowledge
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Period: 1501 to
16th and 17th centuries
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1515
Leonardo da Vinci
He studied and recorded anatomy. -
1550
Gabrielle Fallopius
He discovered the fallopian tubes of the female anatomy. -
1563
Bartolommeo Eustachio
He discovered the tube leading from the ear to the throat. -
William Harvey
He was able to describe the circulation of blood and pumping of the heart. -
Antonie von leeuwenhoek
He invented the microscope. He too the bacteria off of his teeth and put it under the microscope and realized that germs were now visible. -
Apothecaries
These were where you could trade in drugs and spices. -
Period: to
18th century
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Benjamin franklin
He found colds could be passed around. -
Medical students learning
Students learned by attending lectures and also observing patients. When someone died they were able to dissect the body. -
Joseph Priestley
He discovered the element of oxygen. He also observed that plants refresh air that has lost its oxygen. -
Edward Jenner
He discovered a method of vaccine for small pox. -
Rene laennec
He invited the stethoscope. This increased the sound of heartbeats. -
Period: to
19th and 20th centuries
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Ignaz Semmelweis
He identified the cause of childbed fever. -
Florence nightingale
People were opposed to her liking to caring for the ill so she took 38 women to war. -
Louis Pasteur
He discovered that micro organisms were everywhere. He also proved to everyone that micro organisms cause disease. -
Dmitri ivanovski
He discovered that some micro organisms cannot be seen without a microscope. -
Joseph lister
He learned about Pasteurs micro organisms and he found out that carbolic acid will kill germs on wounds. -
Ernst von bergmann
He knew about diseases so he made a germ free area for surgery and medical areas. -
Robert Koch
He discovered many disease causing organisms. He discovered he could identify pathogens and isolated the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. -
Paul ehrlich
He discovered the effect of medicine on disease causing micro organisms. His discoveries brought about the use of chemicals to fight disease. -
Wilhelm roetgen
discovered x rays in 1895. He took a picture of his wife’s hand. This allowed doctors to see inside the body. -
Anesthesia
Early physicians used herbs, hashish, and alcohol to help relieve pain of the surgery. -
Sir Alexander Fleming
Found penicillin killed life threatening bacteria. This is the most important discoveries of the 20th century. -
Sigmund Freud
He discovered the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind. -
Gerhard domagk
Discovered sulfonamide compounds. These compounds were the first medications effective in killing bacteria. -
Jonas Salk
discovered that polio virus would cause immunity to poliomyelitis. -
Albert Sabin
used a live polio virus vaccine, which is more effective. This vaccine is used today to immunize babies. -
Francis crick and Jayne’s Watson
discovered the model structure of DNA. Their model showed how it can duplicate. -
Christian Barnard
Performed the first successful heart transplant in 1968. -
Ben Carson
continues to be a pioneer in separating Siamese twins and performing hemispheretomies, surgeries on the brain to stop seizures. -
Transplants
When you donate a part of your body for another person. Ex: kidney -
Longevity
People have realized that people have been living longer and longer due to the advances in technology in the medical world. -
Radiation therapy
Radiation has been introduced for a partial helping agent for cancer. -
Electronics
The electronics advanced by introducing iPhones, iPads, and etc. -
Period: to
21st century
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Child care
Medically being able to care more in depth for fetuses when they are born.