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-Average life span was 20 years
-Ilness and diseases were caused by evil spirits and demons
-herbs and plants can be used as medicine
-tribal witch doctors treated ilness with ceremonies -
-physicians were priests
-the health records were first recorded by the ancient Egyptians
-average life span was 20-30 years -
Hippocrates (Fathers of medicine) and others were the first to observe the human body and the effects of disease
-believed illness is a result of natural causes
-used art as therapy as well as herbs -
-first to organize medical care for injured soldiers
-life span was 25-35 years
-first public health and sanitation stations -
-emphasis on saving the soul and and the study of medicine was prohibited
-monks and priest provide custodial care for sick people
-average life span was 20-30 years
-prayer and divine intervention were used to treat illness and disease -
-renewed interest in medical practice of Greek and Romans
-average life span was 20-35 years
-1220-1255 medical universities were established -
-rebirth of Science of Medication
-body dissections lead to increased understanding of anatomy and physiology
average life span was 30-40 years
-disease cause STILL a mystery -
-knowledge regarding the human body had a huge increase
-average life span was 35-45 years
-many people died from infections
-in 1670 was the invention of the microscope -
-average life span was 40-50 years
-Ben frank invented bifocals
-small pox vaccine discovered
-Gabriel Fahrenheit created the first mercury thermometer -
-X ray machine developed
-first open heart surgery
-invention of the stethoscope
-formal training for nurses became
-average life span of 40-60 years -
-Rapid growth in health care
-new medications like insulinw ere developed
-new machines deceloped
-structre of dna discovered
the first bone marrow transplant
-test tube babies
-organ transplants -
-targeted cancer therapies
-smoke free laws
-advances is HIV medicine
-rapid advances in cell research
-face transplants
-vaccines