mary k collins & healthcare history

  • ancient Egyptians
    300

    ancient Egyptians

    life span for these times was 20 years, Bloodletting or leeches used as medical treatment,Doctors gave good and bizarre medical advice Ancient Egyptian medicine was highly advanced for its time The Ebers Papyrus Papyrus Ebers Egyptian doctors were adept at some basic surgical procedures
  • dark ages 400 ad
    400

    dark ages 400 ad

    the life span for these times was 20-30, dicovered Bubonic plague Black death Small Pox Diphtheria Syphilis Measles Thyphoid Fever Tuberculosis
  • ancient romans
    Jan 1, 753

    ancient romans

    the life span for these times are 25-35•learned from Greeks about sanitation aqueducts & sewers public baths beginning of public health first organize medical care
  • middle ages 800 ad
    Jan 1, 800

    middle ages 800 ad

    the life span for these times was 20-35, made distinction between measles and small pox monastic medicine, monasteries frst well known female physicians, christian practices
  • ancient greeks
    Jan 1, 1200

    ancient greeks

    the life span for this time was 25-35 years,first study causes of diseases eliminated some superstitions lack of sanitation results in disease stressed diet & cleanliness for prevention
  • renaissance 1350 ad
    Jan 1, 1350

    renaissance 1350 ad

    the life span for these years were 30-40, gave us more anatomical knowledge, physiology , dissection , body art , draining blood
  • 16 and 17 century

    16 and 17 century

    life span 25-45, small pox vaccination, discovered oxygen, invented bifocals, found out colds were contagious, invented stethoscope
  • ancient Chinese

    ancient Chinese

    the life span for this time was 20-30 years chanting spells, herbal medicines, lancing (cutting the skin open) and cauterization (burning the flesh) as cures for things like warts and snake bites and possession by demons (mental illness)
  • 18, 19, 20, and 21 century

    18, 19, 20, and 21 century

    life span for these are 40-50, first successful blood transfusion , antiseptic & disinfectants during surgery to prevent infections,identified germ causing TB, first x-ray, anesthesia
  • primitive time

    primitive time

    life span for these times was 20 years, herbal medicine , acupuncture, witch doctors , shaman, sand painting , cupping