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trical witch doctors drove out bad spirits and treated illness with ceremonies -
Herbs and plants were used as medicines.(first method of medicine) -
Earliest people known to make accurate health records.First medical system. -
Physicians were priests who studied medicine and surgery in temple medical schools Imhotep. First physician. -
Used acupuncture , or puncture of the skin by needles, to relieve pain and congestion. -
Monks and priests cared for sick people. This means they were another early doctor. -
Romans used diet, exercise, and medications to treat illness. -
Hippocrates was the father of medicine. -
Early hospitals developed when physicias cared for ill people in rooms in teir homes. -
Religious prohibitins against dissection resulted in inadequate knowledge of body structure. -
Greeks observed the body and what diseases did to them which was very important because they know hat they do to the body. -
Romans were the first to organize medical care for the soldiers -
Believed the body was a system of channels for air, tears, blood, urine, sperm, and feces. -
Aristotle dissected animals and compared analogies. This wa really advanced.
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A pandemic killed a lot of people and made them create news ways or medical thinking. -
Recorded a pharmacopeia(an official drug directory) of medications based mainly on the use of herbs -
Chemical remedies were promoted to treat disease in the Renaissance. The average life expectancy went up. -
The use of artificial limbs was promoted in the 16th and 17th century. -
New medical universities and education became very important. -
The first US physician was Elizabeth Blackell this is important because this was an advancement in medical history.