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4000 BCE
Primitive Times- Event one
People in Primitive times used herbs and plants as medicine, and we still use them today. -
4000 BCE
Primitive Times- Event 2 (Average life span is 20)
Witch doctors were used to help people 'cast out' their sickness. -
4000 BCE
Primitive Times - Event 3
Trepanation or trephining to create a hole in the skull was popular during this time. -
4000 BCE
Primitive times- Event 4
People thought that illnesses were punishment from the gods -
4000 BCE
Primitive times- Event 5
I couldn't find any doctors at this time period but i did find that they covered broken bones in clay. -
3000 BCE
Ancient Egyptians- Event 1
Physicians were Priests! (i am guessing that they still thought illness was caused by the supernatural) -
3000 BCE
Ancient Egyptians- Event 2 (Average life span in 20)
They let leeches suck their blood as a medical treatment. -
3000 BCE
Ancient Egyptians- Event 3
Egyptians made a law that if a physician killed a patient while preforming a new procedure, the physician would get killed. -
3000 BCE
Ancient Egyptian - Event 5
Pesehet is an also known physician during this time, she was under the 4th dynasty. -
1700 BCE
Ancient Chinese- Event 1 (20-30 years average)
The Ancient Chinese recorded a pharmacopiea or medications based on mainly the use oh herbs. -
1700 BCE
Ancient Chinese- Event 2
The Ancient Chinese used therapies, such as acupuncture! (Acupuncture is a medicine that involves pricking the skin or tissues with needles) -
1700 BCE
Ancient Chinese- Event 3
During AD 220 they started to research to find the medical reasons for illness. -
1700 BCE
Ancient Chinese- Event 5
They used art therapy, herbal therapy, and massage therapy which are still used today. -
1200 BCE
Ancient Greeks - Event 1 (25-35 years average)
Ancient Greeks are the first to observe the human body and the effects of disease (this led to modern medical sciences. -
1200 BCE
Ancient Greeks - Event 3
The ancient Greeks also used art, massage, and herbal treatment (so did the chinese) -
1200 BCE
Ancient Greeks - Event 4
Hippocrates began his study of medicine in Greece, his work helped medicine tremendously. -
1200 BCE
Ancient Greeks - Event 5
Aristotle is another Greek contributor to the growing medical field, he developed the field of anatomy by dissecting animals -
753 BCE
Ancient Romans - Event 1(25-35 years, average)
Ancient Romans established the first hospital (they cared for soldiers in their homes). -
753 BCE
Ancient Romans - Event 2
Ancient Romans established the first public health care sanitation systems by building sewers and aqueducts -
753 BCE
Ancient Romans - Event 3
Claudius Galen became famous for curing the emperor's stomach ache, (also introduced Hippocrates ideas again) -
753 BCE
Ancient Romans- Event 4
Galen introduced the fast that the body was made up of four fluids. -
753 BCE
Ancient Romans - Event 5
Short summary, Ancient Romans did not contribute a lot to medical advancement -
400
Dark ages - Event 1 (20-30 years, average)
Dark ages made an emphasis on saving the soul and study of medicine was prohibited -
400
Dark Ages - event 2
Monks and priests treated patients with prayer during the dark ages -
400
Dark Ages - Event 3
The bubonic plague wiped out a lot of the population because there are no physicians. -
400
Dark Ages - Event 4
The only doctors during this time were called 'Plague doctors' they wore bird masks and diagnosed the patient with the plague. -
400
Dark Ages - Event 5
Barbarian invasions made health care not possible in the dark ages -
800
Middle Ages - Event 1 ( 20 - 35 years average)
In the Middle Ages they started to gain interest in the medical practices of the Greek and Romans -
800
Middle Ages - Event 2
Rhazes became known as the Arab hippocrates, he discovered that blood was the cause of many infectious diseases -
800
Middle Ages - Event 3
Middle Ages had the formation of the first true medical school -
800
Middle Ages - Event 4
Since doctors only treated the wealthy, many went to their barbers but they were not trained in medical procedures. -
800
Middle Ages - Theme 5
In the middle ages, Arabs expanded the field of pharmacology. -
1200
Ancient Greeks - Event 2
The Ancient Greeks started to believe that illness is a result of natural causes (and not the supernatural) -
1350
Renaissance - Event 2 (30-40 YEARS)
Renaissance led to the invention of the printing press which allowed medical knowledge to be shared -
1350
Renaissance
In the Renaissance, the dissection of bodies led to increased understanding of anatomy and physiology -
1350
Renaissance - Event 3
Andreas Vesalius compared the human corpse to the human anatomy and realized Galen's many mistakes -
1350
Renaissance - 4
Another major break through during the renaissance was the invention of the Mircroscope by Anton -
1350
Renaissance - 5
Robert Hooke developed a stronger microscope, and proved all living things are made of cells -
16th and 17th Century (35-45 years)
The cause of diseases are still not known in these centuries -
16th and 17th Century - 2
The invention of the microscope allowed physicians to see disease-causing organisms which helped them try to figure out why diseases happen. -
16th and 17th century - 3
Apothecaries led to the development of the first pharmacies -
16th 17th century - 4
The first vaccination was developed (Small pox) -
16th and 17th century - 5
The average life span is 35-45 years -
Ancient Chinese- Event 4
The Ancient Chinese monitored pulse to determine the condition of the body. -
18th, 19th, 20th century - 1
Gabriel Fahrenheit created the first mercury thermometer -
18TH 19TH 20TH century (50-60 average)
Formal training for nurses began -
18TH 18TH 20TH - 3
Benjamin Franklin created bifocals -
18TH 19TH 20TH - 4
Infection control developed once microorganisms were associated with disease -
18th 19th 20th - 5
Woman started to become active members in the health care -
Ancient Egyptians- Event 4
Imhotep is believed to be the first physician, he was a physician during ancient Egypt
