History of Medicine- Aden Attao

By Aden Attao
  • 4000 BCE

    Primitive Time

    Trepanantion-Surgery removing a piece of bone from the skull average life was 20 years
  • 1700 BCE

    Ancient Chinese

    Acupuncture- Pins placed in your body to relieve spirits average life span 20-30 years
  • 773 BCE

    Ancient Romans

    First hospitals were religious, Galen said there were 4 body humors; blood, phlegm, black bite, and yellow bite
  • 300 BCE

    Ancient Egyptians

    Leeching was used to prevent blood clots, the average life span was 20-30 years
  • 200 BCE

    Ancient Greeks

    Hippocrates observed affects of disease on the body, and used herbs and therapy.
  • 400

    Dark Ages

    Study of medicine was not okay, prayer and diving in intervention were used to cure illnesses
  • 1400

    Middle Ages

    Started looking at Greek and Roman studies, they had major diseases like tuberculosis, and malaria were discovered

  • Renaissance

    Gained an amazing sense of anatomy, printing press help spread word of the knowledge they now withheld, Vesalius published the first medicine

  • 16th and 17th Century

    Knowledge of the human body grew, the microscope was invented which made seeing disease easier, but people still died of disease

  • 18th Century

    Mercury thermometer was made, Surgical procedures were announced and tube feeding began to become a thing, small pox vaccine was dissproved

  • 19th Century

    Medical advancement took off due to microorganisms, anethesia, and vaccination

  • 20th Century

    ABO blood groups were discovered, medications were developed, organ transplants began to become a thing, and multiple vaccinations were invented