Jennifer wells Health Care history

By JenniferWells
  • 3000 BCE

    primitive timeline

    primitive timeline
    he snakeroot plant has traditionally been a tonic in the east to calm patients; it is now used in orthodox medical practice to reduce blood pressure. Doctors in ancient India gave an extract of foxglove to patients with legs swollen by dropsy, an excess of fluid resulting from a weak heart; digitalis, a constituent of foxglove, is now a standard stimulant for the heart.
  • 3000 BCE

    primitive timeline

    average life span was 20 years
  • 3000 BCE

    primitive timeline

    primitive timeline
    believed that illness and disease were caused by supernatural spirits and demons.
  • 3000 BCE

    primitive timeline

    primitive timeline
    Tribal witch doctors treated illness with ceremonies to drive out evil spirits.
  • 3000 BCE

    primitave timeline

    primitave timeline
    Herbs and plants used as medicines, and some are still used today.
  • 3000 BCE

    primative timeline

    primative timeline
    Trepanation or trephining (boring a hole in the skull) was used to treat insanity and epilepsy.
  • Period: 3000 BCE to 300 BCE

    ancient Egypt

    Earliest people known to maintain accurate health records.
  • Period: 1700 BCE to 256 BCE

    Ancient China

    OK believed in the need to cheat the whole body by treating the spirit and nursing the body.
  • Period: 1200 BCE to 200

    ancient Greece

    Began modern medical science by observing the human body and effects of disease.
  • 753 BCE

    Ancient Rome

    Ancient Rome
    Again public health and sanitation systems. Average lifespan 25 to 35 years.
  • 410 BCE

    ancient rome

    ancient rome
    early hospitals developed
  • 300 BCE

    ancient egypt

    ancient egypt
    If channels became "clogged", bloodletting or leeches were used to "open" them.
    Used magic medicinal plants to treat disease.
  • 300 BCE

    ancient egypt

    ancient egypt
    Earliest people known to maintain accurate health records.
  • 300 BCE

    ancient egypt

    ancient egypt
    Called upon the gods to heal them when disease occurred.
  • 300 BCE

    ancient egypt

    Imnphotep ( 2635-2595? BC) may have been the first physician.
    Believed the body was a system of channels for air, tears, blood, urine, sperm, and feces.
  • 300 BCE

    ancient egypt

    life span was 20 years - 30 years
  • 300 BCE

    ancient egypt

    ancient egypt
    Physicians were priests who studied medicine and surgery in temple medical schools.
  • 256 BCE

    ancient china

    ancient china
    Requited medication based mainly on the use of herbs.
  • 256 BCE

    ancient china

    ancient china
    Use acupuncture, or puncture of the skin by need us to leave pain and congestion.
  • 256 BCE

    ancient china

    ancient china
    Used moxibustion to treat disease
  • 256 BCE

    ancient china

    ancient china
    Believed illness is a result of natural causes.Began the search for medical reasons for illness
  • 256 BCE

    ancient china

    average life span is 20-30 years
  • 200

    ancient Greece

    Hippocrates called the father of medicine.
  • 200

    ancient greece

    Average lifespan 25 to 35 years.
  • 200

    ancient Greece

    ancient Greece
    Stressed diet and cleanliness as ways to prevent disease
  • 200

    ancient greece

    Began modern medical science
  • Period: 400 to 800

    Dark Ages

    Emohasis was placed on saving the soul and the study of medicine was prohibited.
  • 410

    ancient rome

    ancient rome
    First to organize medical care by providing care for injured soldiers
  • 410

    ancient rome

    ancient rome
    Medicine in ancient Rome combined various techniques using different tools, methodology, and ingredients. Roman medicine was highly influenced by Greek medicine. Greek physicians including Dioscorides and Galen practiced medicine and recorded their discoveries in the Roman Empire. These two physicians had knowledge of hundreds of herbal, among other, medicines.
  • 410

    ancient rome

    ancient rome
    Greek symbols and gods greatly influenced ancient Roman medicine. The caduceus, pictured right, was originally associated with Hermes, the Greek god of commerce.[10] He carried a staff wrapped with two snakes, known as the caduceus. This symbol later became associated with the Roman God, Mercury. Later, in the 7th century, the caduceus became associated with health and medicine due to its association with the Azoth, the alchemical "universal solvent"
  • 800

    dark ages

    dark ages
    Prayer and divine intervention where used to treat illness and disease.
  • 800

    dark ages

    dark ages
    Monks and priest provided custodial care for sick people.
  • 800

    dark ages

    dark ages
    Medications were mainly herbal mixtures.
  • 800

    dark ages

    average life span was 20 to 30 years
  • 800

    dark ages

    dark ages
    Blood letting was a popular treatment for many diseases.
  • Period: 800 to 1400

    middle ages

    Renewed interest in the medical practice of Greeks and Romans.
    Physicians begin to obtain knowledge a medical universities in the ninth century.
  • Period: 1350 to

    Renaissance

  • 1400

    middle ages

    middle ages
    A pandemic of the bubonic plague killed three quarters of the population of Europe and Asia.
    Major diseases were smallpox, diphtheria, tuberculosis,typhoid, the plague, and malaria
  • 1400

    middle ages

    middle ages
    A Rab physicians use their knowledge of chemistry to advance pharmacology.
    Rhazes became known as the Arab Hippocrates :
    - Based diagnosis on observations of the signs and symptoms of disease.
    - Developed criteria for distinguishing between smallpox and measles in 910 ad.
  • 1400

    middle ages

    -suggested blood was the cause of many infections diseases.
    - began the use of animal for suture material
  • 1400

    middle ages

    Renewed interest in medical practice
  • 1400

    middle ages

    middle ages
    Arabs began requiring that physicians pass examination and obtain licenses
    Avenzoar, a physician, describe the parasite causing scabies in the 12th century
    Average lifespan was 20 to 35 years
  • Period: 1501 to

    16th and 17th centuries

  • Renaissance

    Renaissance
    Rebirth of science of medicine
    Dissection of the body began to allow a better understanding of anatomy and psychology

  • Renaissance

    Renaissance
    Artists Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci see use that section to drive the human body more realistically

  • Renaissance

    Renaissance
    First anatomy book was published by Andreas Vesalius

  • Renaissance

    Renaissance
    First book on dietetics was written by Issac Judaeus

  • Renaissance

    Renaissance
    First chairs of medicine created at Oxford and Cambridge in England in 1440
    Development of the printing press allowed knowledge to be spread to others

  • Renaissance

    Renaissance
    Michael Servetus
    - Describe the circulatory system in the lungs
    - Explained how digestion is a source of heat for the body
    Roger Bacon
    - Promoted chemical remedies to treat disease
    - researched optics and refraction
    Average lifespan was 30 to 40 years

  • 16th and 17th centuries

    16th and 17th centuries
    Causes of disease were still not known and many people died from infections and perpetual fever

  • 16th and 17th centuries

    16th and 17th centuries
    Ambrose Pare, a French surgeon, known as the father of modern surgery :
    - establish the use ligatures to bind arteries and stop bleeding
    - established use of boiling oil to cauterize wounds
    - improve treatment of fractures and promoted use of artificial limbs

  • 16th and 17th centuries

    16th and 17th centuries
    William Harvey described the circulation of blood to and from the heart in 1628

  • 16th and 17th centuries

    16th and 17th centuries
    Anton van Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope in 1666
    First successful blood transfusion on animals performed in England in 1667

  • 16th and 17th centuries

    16th and 17th centuries
    Bartholomew Eustachio identified the eustachian to leading from the ear to the throat
    Scientific societies, such as the Royal Society of London, were established

  • 16th and 17th centuries

    16th and 17th centuries
    Apothecaries made, prescribed, and sold medications
    Average lifespan was 35 to 45 years

  • 18th 19th 20th 21st century

    18th 19th 20th 21st century
    The Human Genome Project to identify all of the approximately 20k to 25k genes in the human DNA was completed in 2003. Stem cell researchers at University of Minnesota coaxed embryonic stem cells to produce cancer killing cells in 2005.

  • 18th 19th 20th 21st century

    18th 19th 20th 21st century
    average life span is around 70 years old
    Cures for aids cancer and heart disease are found
    Genetic manipulation to prevent inherited diseases is a common practice
    Development of methods to slow the aging process I stop aging are created

  • 18th 18th 20th 21st century

    18th 18th 20th 21st century
    Gabriel Fahrenheit created the first mercury thermometer in 1714
    Joseph Priestley discovered the element oxygen in 1774
    John hunter, an English surgeon :
    - established scientific surgical procedures
    - introduced tube feeding in 1778
    Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals for glasses
    Dr. Jessee Bennet performed the first successful cesarean section operation to deliver an infant in 1794

  • 18th 19th 20th 21st century

    18th 19th 20th 21st century
    James Lind,prescribed lime juice containing vitamin C to prevent scurvy in 1795
    Edward Jenner developed a vaccination for smallpox in 1796
    Average lifespan was 40 to 50 years 19 Century
    Royal College of surgeons founded in London in 1800hy
    French barbers acted as surgeons by extracting teeth, using leeches for treatment, and giving enemas.
    First Federal vaccination legislation enacted in 1813
    First successful blood transfusion was performed on humans in 1818 by James Blundell

  • 18th 19th 20th 21 century

    18th 19th 20th 21 century
    Robert Koch, another individual who is also called the "Father of Microbiology," develop the culture plate method to identify pathogens and in 1882 isolated the bacteria that causes tuberculosis
    Louis Pasteur contributed many discoveries to the practice of medicine including :
    - proving that microorganisms cause disease
    -Pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria
    -creating a vaccine for rabies in 1885
    Gregory Mindel established principles of heredity and dominant/recessive patterns

  • 18th 19th 20th 21st centurys

    18th 19th 20th 21st centurys
    The first kidney dialysis Machine was developed in 1944
    Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine using dead polio virus in 1952
    Francis crick and James Watson described the structure of DNA and how it carries genetic information in 1953Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928
    Buddy, a German Shepherd, became the first guy dog for the blind in 1928Adult stem cells were used in the treatment of disease early in the 2000s.
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    18th 19th 20th 21st century