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4000 BCE
believed that illness was caused by the supernatural spirits and demons
This shows how little knowledge they had of disease and sickness at this time period. -
200 BCE
stressed diet and cleanliness as ways to prevent disease
This shows that they were beginning to find the real reason for the spread of the disease. -
400
medications were mainly herbal mixtures
forms of medication were first being introduced -
600
average age life span was 20 to 30 years
the low life expectancy shows how primitive their understanding was -
800
suggested blood was the cause of many infectious diseases
theories of the cause of diseases -
910
distinguished between smallpox and measles
starting to differentiate between diseases -
1350
rebirth of science of medicine
many advances in medical science -
1511
Michael Servetus- describes the circulatory system in the lungs
starting to understand bodily organs -
successful blood transfusion on animals
one step closer to blood transfusions for humans -
John Hunter- established scientific surgical procedures
beginning of surgical procedures -
Florence Nightingale- began the professional education of nurses
formal education of the patient caretaker -
Louis Pasteur- discovered that microorganisms cause disease
finally know the cause of disease -
Walter Reed demonstrated that mosquitoes carry yellow fever
discovery of vector-borne disease -
Sir Alexander Fleming- discovered penicillin
discovery of infection-fighting antibiotic -
first totally implanted artificial heart
major artificial organ successfully implanted -
first face transplant
first successful face transplant