-
-
The primitive people were very superstitious and believed illness came from evil spirits. There way of “healing” were ceremonies to exorcise the spirits. -
One ceremony uses and early form of trephining, which the tribal doctor would remove part of the cranium with a primitive tool to exorcise demons. -
Herbs and plants used as medicine some still used today. Digitalis from the foxglove plant help with heart conditions. Quinine from the bark of cinchona tree, helps with fever, muscle spasms, and malaria. Belladonna and atropine from the poisonous nightshade plant, helps with muscle spasms from GI pain. Morphine from poppy helps with pain and is addictive. -
-
First people to keep accurate health records. The called upon the gods to heal them they learned to identify diseases. The priests acted as physicians. They used medicine to heal disease and the learned hoe to splint fractures and treated disorders by bloodletting with leeches. -
They developed acupuncture therapy and treat islands and disease with a variety of stone tools. Acupuncture therapy is still used today. -
discovered illness is natural not spiritual. further developed massage and herbal therapies. Religious beliefs didn't allow for bodies to be dissected. The “father of medicine” Hippocrates based knowledge of anatomy and physiology on the external human body. -
Built aqueducts to bring in fresh water and sewers to carry out the bad water this limited spread of disease. First to organize healthcare, sent medical equipment and physicians with armies. Roman physicians kept room in house for ill. Public buildings for sick were established. -
-
Roman Empire was conquered by Huns and study of medical science stopped. Medicine was only practiced in convents and monasteries for 1000 years because of religious beliefs. -
Primary treatment was prayer. Medications consisted of herbal mixtures care was custodial. -
-
Bubonic Plague (the Black Death) killed 60 million people. Other diseases are smallpox, diphtheria, syphilis and tuberculosis. These illnesses today have vaccines and are not an epidemic unless people are unvaccinated. -
-
Built medical school and university’s to further the study of medicine. They accepted the idea of dissection for study of the body. They also printed press and published books allowing greater access to knowledge of medicine. -
-
He brought a visual picture to the medical field and allowed people who are studying medicine to see human anatomy on paper. -
He discovered the Fallopian tubes of the female body. -
He discovered the tube leading from ear to throat. -
He described how blood was circulated throughout the body and the pumping of the heart. -
Invented the microscope and discovered there is life smaller than the eye can see. Also discovered bacteria from observing a scraping of his teeth. Found that bacteria causes tooth decay. -
There’s are similar to modern day pharmacies. Apothecaries participated in trade of drugs and spices from the east. -
-
He discovered bifocals and found that colds can be passed from person to person. -
Students attended lectures in the classroom and dissected human cadavers. They understood how disease affected the body internally and they better understood illness and death. -
He discovered the element oxygen and found that plants refresh the air that lost oxygen. Making it reusable for respiration. -
He discovered/created the method of vaccine for smallpox. Saved thousands of lives. Discovery led to immunization and preventive medicine. -
Created the stethoscope. Allowed for increased hearing of the heart and lungs to determine if disease is present. -
-
Identified cause of childbed fever after observing the amount of women dying after child birth. -
Took 38 women to care for ill solders dying from cholera. -
Discovered microorganisms and that they cause disease. Also discovered heating milk prevented growth of bacteria. -
Discovered that some diseases weren't caused by microorganisms but were viruses instead. And couldn’t be seen under microscope. -
Discovered microorganisms cause infection and used a carbolic acid on the skin to kill germs and was the first to use antiseptic when operating. -
He developed asepsis. He knew germs caused infections so he made away to keep an area germ free before and during surgery. -
Discovered disease causing organisms and developed culture plate method to identify pathogens. He introduced the importance of cleanliness and sanitation to prevent disease spreading. -
He discovered the effect of medicine on killing some (not all) microorganisms. His discoveries brought fourth the method of using chemicals to fight disease. -
He discovered x-rays. -
Before nitros oxide, ether, and chloroform were discovered people had surgery without anesthesia. After these three things were discovered plus asepsis doctors were able to give safe painless surgery’s. -
Discovered that penicillin killed life threatening bacteria. -
Discovered the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind. He determined that the mind and body work together and based knowledge off psychology -
Discovered sulfonamide compounds that are effective in killing bacteria. -
Discovered that the dead polio virus would cause immunity to poliomyelitis. -
Used a live polio virus vaccine which was more effective. -
Discovered the molecular structure of DNA based on its known double helix. Also explained how DNA replicates and how hereditary info coded on it. -
Preformed the first successful heart transplant. -
He separates twins and preforms hemispherectomies, surgeries on the brain to help stop seizures. -
-
Ability to transfer organs from one person to another. -
The ability to reattach severed body parts -
Doctors combine three medications into one daily pill to treat HIV patients. -
Health care providers use electronic services to send records and treatments to patients or other providers. -
The ability to use robots to do low risk surgeries with less complications and lower recovery times .