Friendshuh History of Healthcare

  • Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Early Beginnings

  • 3900 BCE

    Diseases Caused by?

    Evil spirits
  • 2900 BCE

    Ancient Egyptians

    They were superstitious and called upon the gods to heal them. Priest Used medicine to heal diseases, learned how to splinter fractures, and treated disorders.
  • 1900 BCE

    Ancient Chinese

    treated a variety of illnesses and diseases
  • 900 BCE

    Ancient Greeks

    illness have natural not spiritual causes
  • Medicines used today

    Digitalis: heart medicine Quinine: controls fever, relieve muscle spasm, and helps prevent malaria. Belladonna and atropine: relieve muscle spasm Morphine: used to treat severe pain
  • Treats for sick?

    prayer, excercism, blood letting