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tribal witch doctors drove out bad spirits and treated illness with ceremonies. First attempt at trying to get illness away -
Herbs and plants were used as medicine. First method of medicine. -
Earliest people known to make accurate health records. First medical system. -
Egyptian physicians were priests who went to medical school. First example of getting a real education to be a doctor. -
Egyptians thought the body was channels for air, blood, urine, etc., and thought if they got clogged they used leeches to open them up. -
Monitored pulse to determine the condition of the body. Example of tracking the body's functions. -
Began the search for medical reasons for illness. People starting to advance medically. -
Chinese used acupuncture to relive pain. Example of early pain relievers. -
Aristotle dissected animals and compared analogies. Advanced for his time. -
Greeks began modern medical science by observing the human body and the effects of the disease. -
First to organize medical care by providing care for injured soldiers. Big step in hospitals maybe. -
Early hospitals developed when physicians cared for ill people in rooms in their homes. The first example of hospitals. -
Romans also used diet, exercise, and medications to treat illness. -
monks and priests cared for sick people. Another example of early doctors. -
A pandemic (The Bubonic Plague). killed a lot of people and made medical things more serious. -
Dissection of the body gave a better understanding of anatomy and physiology. A big step in the exploration of the body in the Medical world. -
In the Renaissance, chemical remedies were promoted to treat disease. This age is important because average life expectancy went up. -
In the 16th and 17th centuries the use of artificial limbs was promoted. Important because big step for prosthetics. -
new medical universities. education becoming very important. -
Elizabeth Blackwell was the first U.S. physician and started the first women's medical college. Important because it was a big step in female involvement in the medical field.