-
-Evil spirits were causing illnesses these were punishments by god
-witch doctors used plants and herbs as medicine
-Trepanation and Trephining was used (removing brain piece)
-Lifespan expected was 20 years -
-Physicians were Priests
-First heath records were created by the Egyptians
-Bloodletting and leaches used for treatment
Average span in life 20-30 years -
-need to treat whole body and cure spirits
-medication based on herbs
-therapy of acupuncture
-search medical reasons for illnesses
LIfe span was 20-30 years -
-Hippocrates was father of medicine and other pysicians
-first to observe human body and the effects of diseases
-modern medical science was formed from ^
-believed illness was from natural causes
-massage, art therapy, herbal treatments used
-stressed diet, hygiene, and exercise to prevent disease
25-35 years of life was expected -
-first to organize medical care for hurt soldiers
-hospitals were religious and charitable institutions in monasteries and convents
-first public heath/sanitation systems by building sewers
-Galen, established body was regulated by, blood, phlegm,black bile, and yellow bile these were four humors
Life was 25-35 years long -
-human body knowledge increased a lot
-1500: Ambroise Pare stopped bleeding by ligatures
-1600:selling and proscribing medications
-1670: miscroscope invented (see the disease)
-35-45 years of life
-illness cause not known still
-many died from infections -
-1714: Gabriel Fahrenheit created first mercury thermometer
-1760: Benjamin Franklin invented Bifocals
-1778: John Hunter established scientific surgical practices and tube feeding
-1798:smallpox vaccine
lifespan now 40-50 years -
-rapid advancements due to microorgassims,anethesia,and vaccine discoveries
-1895:x-ray machine developed
-1893: open heart surgery
-1816:invention of stethoscope
-1860:training for nurses began
lived 40-60 years of life -
-rapid advancements in medical fields
-1901: ABO blood groups discovered
-new medications developed
-1922: insulin to treat diabetes discovered
1928:antibiotics discovered
-new machines developed
-1943: kidney dialysis machine
-1953: heart/lung machine
-curing once fatal conditions(surgery & treatments)
-gene therapy begins and structure of DNA discovered -
-1956: first bone marrow transplant
-stem research
-1978: test tube babies
-organ transplants
-1960:kidney
1963: liver
-1967: heart
-1982: artficial heart -
-Diptheria (1921)
-Tuberculosis (1925)
-Pertussis (1927)
-Typhus (1937)
-Influenza (1945)
-Oral polio (1962)
-Measles (1963)
-Mumps (1967)
-Rubella (1970)
-Chicken pox (1974)
-Streptococcus
-Pneumonia (1977)
-Meningitis (1978)
-Hepatitis B (1981)
-Hepatitis A (1992)
-Lyme disease (1998)
-Rotavirus (1998) -
-1910: Laparoscopic surgery
-minimal invasive
-1970: targeted cancer therapies
-blocking cells to stop spread
-involved with tumor growth
-identity and kill cancer cells
-1990: Smoke free laws
-decrease in 2nd hand smoke
-1996: HIV medication advancements
-death sentence disease into a manageble disease
-chronic disease is normal lifespan
-1999: rapid advancements in stem cell research
-re/create loss/damaged tissue -
-2001: first artificial heart implanted
-2003: Human Genome project complete
-mapped out human disease in effort to get handled
-2005: face transplants
-vaccines
-2006: HPV
-prevent cervical cancer
-2015: Malaria
-2015: Ebola -
-study was based on saving soul, medicine study prohibited
-prayers and divine intervention used to treat illness
-Monks/Priest cared for the sick
-herbal mixtures was medication
-disease cause blamed on circumstance, no understanding
Life span was 20-30 years -
-renewed interest that Greek and Romans used
-1100: Arabs required physicians pass examintatons and get licences
-1346-1353: Bubonic plague killed 75% of population in Euope and Asia
-1220-1255:medical universities made
lifespan was 20-35 years -
-rebirth of science medication
-understanding anatomy and physiology
-1440: printing press, medicals can be shared
-1543: first anatomy book published
-cause of death was a mystery
lifespan was 30-40 years now