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Supernatural spirts -
They performed ceremonies to exorcise evil spirits. -
Digitalis-used to treat heart conditions
quinines-controls fever, relives muscle spasms, prevents malaria
Belladonna-relives muscle spasms mainly in the gastrointestinal pain
Morphine-treats severe pain and is addicting -
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Health records- they kept accurate health records
Who are physicians-the priests
How did they heal-they used medicines -
Development of acupuncture- Chinese were the first to use acupuncture -
Illness cause Nature vs. Spiritual-religion allowed for body’s to be dissected
Dissection-religion allowed it
Hippocrates-wrote the standard of ethics called the oath of Hippocrates -
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Sanitation system-they brought clean water to there city by aqueducts and they learned it from the Greeks
Organize medical care-they were the first to organize medical care
Hospital development-they sent medical equipment to their armies to care for soliders wounds -
because the church believes life and death was in gods hands -
The church and priests believed that they should only use prayer -
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caused millions of deaths from the bubonic plague some other diseases included smallpox, diphtheria, syphilis and tuberculosis -
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Universities-during this period new scientific progress began
Dissection-they now accepted dissection
Books-they started documenting information in books and printing them -
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He recorded and studied anatomy of the body -
He discovered female anatomy including the Fallopian tubes -
He found the tubes leading from the ear to the throat -
He learned to understand physiology and he discovered the pumping of the heart and blood flow -
He invented the microscope and and found out that there are things alive that are smaller than the eye can see. He also found bacteria on his teeth -
Apothecaries are early pharmacies that provided drugs and spices from the east -
He discovered bifocals and discovered that cold can be passed from person to person -
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The student attended lectures, observed patients and when the patient died they would dissect it and observe the disease process.
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He discovered oxygen and how oxygens are a source of oxygen which makes it usable for respiration -
He discovered a vaccine for smallpox’s. His discovery saved millions of lives -
She invented the stethoscope, the first one was made from wood. It makes it easier to hear the heart and lungs to check for disease -
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He discovered the cause for an illness that woman received after giving birth. The cause was doctors not cleaning their tools and equipment between surgeries and people -
He discovered that small microorganisms are everywhere. He discovered that they cause disease. He also created a vaccine for rabies in 1885 -
He discovered microorganisms and how they cause disease and can’t be seen under a microscope and they are called viruses -
He used carbolic axis to kill germs that cause infection and he was the first doctor to use an antiseptic during surgery. -
He developed asepsis. He developed a way to keep a area germ free before surgery -
He developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens and more. He also introduced the importance of keeping things clean and sanitiation -
He discovered the effects of medicine on disease and discovered that one treatment only effects some diseases and not all -
Wilhelm Roentgen Discovered x-rays that allowed you to see in the body and discover what’s wrong -
Before anesthesia they used herbs, hashish and alcohol to help with the pain of surgery. They also choked people to cause unconsciousness. Multiple people even died for this -
Found the penicillin killed life threatening bacteria -
He discovered the conscious and unconscious parts of the Brain and he found out that the mind and body work together -
He discovered sulfonamide compounds that were the first medication effective in killing bacteria -
He found that dead polio virus would cause immunity to poliomyelitis a disease that paralyzed thousands of people each year -
He used a live polio virus vaccine which is used to immunize babies against the disease -
They discovered the structure of DNA and how it replicates. They won a Nobel prize for their discovery -
Performed the first successful heart transplant -
He separated Siamese twins and performs surgeries on the Brain to stop seizures -
1)Telemedicine-Provides healthcare using technology when patients are not able to go to the doctor 2)the ability to reattach body parts 3)the ability to transplant organs 4)eliminating possible diseases for a patient through genetic research 5)the advancement in technology for caring for unborn children