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Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Early Beginnings
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3900 BCE
What they believe caused disease
In the primitive times they believed disease was caused by supernatural spirits and demons. -
3100 BCE
Important medicine still used today
Important medicine still used today like Morphine and digitalis are medicines found then that are still used today -
Period: 3000 BCE to 300 BCE
Ancient Egyptians
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2900 BCE
How did the ancient Egyptian’s heal disease .
The ancient Egyptian‘s would call upon the gods to heal them when disease occurred. -
2800 BCE
Who Were The Physicians
In ancient Egypt priests were the physicians. Imhotep is said to have possibly been the first physician. -
2700 BCE
Average lifespan in ancient Egypt
In ancient Egypt the average lifespan was 20 to 30 years. -
Period: 1700 BCE to 220
Ancient Chinese
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1600 BCE
Dissection (beliefs and result)
The ancient Chinese had religious prohibitions against dissection, therefore resulted in incorrect knowledge of the body structure. -
1500 BCE
Importance of the WHOLE body
They believe they needed to treat the whole body by curing the spirit and nerves in the body. -
1400 BCE
Average lifespan
The average lifespan of the ancient Chinese was 20 to 30 years -
Period: 1200 BCE to 200 BCE
Ancient Greeks
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Period: 753 BCE to 410
Ancient Romans
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460 BCE
Hippocrates
Hippocrates is called the father of medicine. -
384 BCE
Aristotle
Aristotle dissected animals and is called the founder of comparative anatomy. -
370 BCE
Average lifespan
The average lifespan of the ancient Greeks it was 25 to 35 years -
200 BCE
Sanitation system
Public sanitation included aqueducts to carry clean water, sewer to carry waste materials away, used filtering systems in public best to prevent disease, drained marshes to reduce the incidence malaria. -
100 BCE
Hospitals
Hospitals we are religious and charitable institutions house in monasteries and convents. -
300
Average lifespan
The average lifespan for the ancient Romans was 25 to 35 years -
400
Prohibited study of medicine
The study of medicine was prohibited because they wanted to save the soul. -
Period: 400 to 800
Dark age
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500
How did they treat disease in the dark age?
Prayer and divine intervention were used to treat illness and disease. -
600
Dark Age average lifespan
Dark Age average lifespan was 20 to 30 years -
Period: 800 to 1400
Middle Age
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850
Medical universities
Physicians began to obtain knowledge and medical universities in the ninth century. -
900
Middle-age pandemic pair
The bubonic plague killed 3/4 of the population of Europe and Asia -
910
Rhazes
Rhazes, an Arab Physician, became known as the Arab Hippocrates -
1000
Average lifespan
Average lifespan in the middle age was 20 to 35 years -
Period: 1350 to
Renaissance
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1401
Rebirth
The rebirth of science and medicine -
1425
Dissection
Dissection of the body began to allow a better understanding of anatomy and physiology. -
1450
Artists
ArtistsArtist Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci use dissection in order to draw the human body more realistically. -
1475
Average lifespan
Average lifespan In the renaissance was 30 to 40 years. -
1501
Cause of disease
Cause of disease Cause of disease was unknown, and many people died from infection and puerperal (childbirth) fever. -
1501
Father of modern surgery
Ambroise Pare,French surgeon, was known as the father of modern surgery. -
Period: 1501 to
16th century
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1523
Gabriel Fallopius
Gabriel Fallopius identify the fallopian tubes in the female and discovered the tympanic membrane in the ear. -
Average lifespan
Average lifespan in the 16th century was 35 to 45 years. -
Period: to
17th century
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William Harvey
William Harvey described the circulation of blood to and from the heart. -
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Anton van Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope. -
Apothecaries
Apothecaries made, prescribed, and sold medications. -
Average lifespan
Average lifespan in the 17 century was 35 to 40 years -
Period: to
18th century
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Gabriel Fahrenheit
Gabriel Fahrenheit made the first mercury thermometer. -
James Lind
James Lind prescribe lime juice container and vitamin C to prevent scurvy. -
Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner developed a vaccination for smallpox. -
Average lifespan
Average lifespan in the 18th century was 40 to 50 years. -
Period: to
19th century
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James Blundell
James Blundell performed the first successful blood transfusion on humans. -
Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell became the first female physician in the United States. -
Florence nightingale
Florence Nightingale Was the founder of modern nursing. Established efficient and sanitary nursing units during the Crimean war in 1854. Open the nightingale school at home for nurses at Saint Thomas‘s hospital in London in 1860. Began professional education of nurses. -
Clara Barton
Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. -
Wilhelm Röentgen
Wilhelm Röentgen discovered roentgenograms (x-rays) -
Average lifespan
Average lifespan in the 19th century was 40 to 60 years. -
Period: to
20th century
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Sir Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin -
Open heart surgery
The first Heart-Lung machine was used for on open heart surgery. -
Transplants
By 1968 a successful heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplant had been preformed. -
The CAT scan
The computerized axial tomography (CAT) scan was developed. -
Test tube baby
The first test tube baby was born in England. -
Average life span
Average lifespan in the 20th century was 60 to 70 years.
