Wendland-History of Healthcare timeline

  • Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE

    Early Beginnings

  • 3900 BCE

    Disease Caused By?

    Evil Spirts
  • 3600 BCE

    Treatments for sick?

    Herbs and plants
  • 3100 BCE

    Medicines used today-Digitalis

    Medicines used today-Digitalis
    Digitalis-foxgloves plants, used to chew but now are in pill form and injection to treat heart condition.
  • 3100 BCE

    Medicines used today-Morphine

    Morphine-made from the opium poppy. It’s very effective medication for treating severe pain. But, can also addicting and used when only nothing else will help.
  • 3100 BCE

    Medicines used today-Quinine

    Medicines used today-Quinine
    Quinine-comes from the bark of the cinchona tree. It controls fever, relieves muscle spasms, and helps prevent malaria
  • 3100 BCE

    Medicines used today-Belladonna and atropine

    Medicines used today-Belladonna and atropine
    Belladonna and atropine-made from the poisonous nightshade plant. They relieve muscle spasms, especially in gastrointestinal pain.
  • Period: 2999 BCE to 399

    Ancient Times

  • 2900 BCE

    Ancient Egyptians-health records

    They were the earliest people to keep accurate health records.
  • 2900 BCE

    Ancient Egyptians-physicians

    Who are physicians?-The priests were the physicians.
  • 2900 BCE

    Ancient Egyptians-healing

    How did they heal?-They used medicines to heal diseases.
  • 1900 BCE

    Ancient Chinese-acupuncture

    Development of acupuncture-The were the first to use primitive acupuncture therapies
  • 900 BCE

    Ancient Greeks-nature vs. spiritual

    Illness cause nature vs. spiritual-They were the first to study the causes of disease and to determine that illnesses may have natural, rather than spiritual causes.
  • 900 BCE

    Ancient Greeks-Hippocrates

    Hippocrates- He based his knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the external body.
  • 900 BCE

    Ancient Greeks-Dissection

    Ancient Greeks-Dissection
    Dissection-Religious custom did not allow body’s to be dissected.
  • 100

    Ancient Romans-organization

    Organize medical care-They were the first to organize medical care.
  • 100

    Ancient Romans-Sanitation systems

    Sanitation systems-They brought water into the cities by waterways and aquaducts. Then, they built sewers to carry off waste. They also built public baths with filtering systems.
  • 100

    Ancient Romans-Hospital development

    Ancient Romans-Hospital development
    Hospital development-They sent medical equipment and physicians with army’s to care for wounded soldiers. Roman physicians kept a room in their house to care for the ill. Public buildings were eventually established. This was the beginning of hospitals.
  • Period: 400 to 800

    The Dark Ages

  • 500

    Why did they stop the study of medicine?

    They believed that life and death were in gods hands, the monks and priests were never interested in how the body functioned.
  • 700

    How do they treat disease?

    The primary cure for diseases was a prayer. Medication consisted of herbal mixtures, and care was custodial.
  • Period: 800 to 1400

    Middle Age

  • 1100

    Epidemics

    Epidemics
    Terrible epidemics caused millions of deaths during this time period. Bubonic plague (the Black Death) alone killed 60 million people. Other uncontrolled diseases included smallpox, diphtheria, syphilis, and tuberculosis.
  • Period: 1350 to

    The Renaissance

  • 1450

    Rebirth-dissection

    Dissection-The acceptance of dissection of the body for study began.
  • 1450

    Rebirth-universities

    Universities-The building of universities and medical schools for research began
  • 1450

    Rebirth-books

    Books-The development of the printing press and the publishing of books began, allowing greater access to knowledge from research.
  • Period: 1501 to

    16th and 17th centuries

  • 1515

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci
    He studied and recorded the anatomy of the body
  • 1550

    Gabrielle Fallopius

    She discovered the fallopian tubes of the females anatomy.
  • 1563

    Bartolommeo Eustachio

    He discovered the tube leading from the ear to the throat (Eustachio tube)
  • William Harvey

    William Harvey
    He used his knowledge to understand physiology, and he was able to describe the circulation of blood and the pumping of the heart.
  • Antonie von Leeuwenhoek

    Antonie von Leeuwenhoek
    He invented the microscope, establishing that there is life smaller than the eye can see. He scraped his teeth and found the bacteria that causes tooth decay.
  • Apothecaries

    Apothecaries, early pharmacies, started in this time in medieval England, these apothecaries engaged in a flourishing trade in drugs and spices from the East.
  • Period: to

    The 18th century

  • Benjamin Franklin

    His discoveries affect us in many ways. His discoveries include bifocals, and he found that colds could be passed from person to person.
  • Medical students learning

    Students not only attended lectures in the classroom and laboratory, but also observed patients at the bedside. When a patient died, they dissected the body and were able to observe the disease process. This led to a better understanding of the causes of illness and death. As this continued, more new discoveries were made.
  • Joseph Priestley

    Joseph Priestley
    he discovered the element oxygen. He also observed that plants refresh air that has lost its oxygen, making it usable for respiration.
  • Edward Jenner

    he discovered a method of vaccination for smallpox. Smallpox killed many people in epidemics. His discovery saved millions of lives. Furthermore, his discovery also led to immunization and to preventive medicine in public health .
  • Rene Laennec

    He invented the stethoscope. The first stethoscope was made of wood. It increased the ability to hear the heart and lungs allowing doctors to determine if disease was present.
  • Period: to

    The 19th and 20th centuries

  • Ignacio Semmelweis

    He identifies the cause of childbed fever. Large numbers of women died from this fever after giving birth. He noted that the patients of midwives had fewer deaths. When this was happening the physicians never washed their hands when they delivered babies. Their hands were dirty and affected the women. Semmelweis realized this was happening and now to this day washing your hands and having proper sanitation systems are the most important when it comes to spreading infections.
  • Florence Nightingale

    She is the founder of modern nursing
  • Louis Pasteur

    He is known as the “Father of microbiology,” discovery that tiny microorganisms were everywhere. Through his experiments and studies, he proved that microorganisms were created by disease. He also discovered that heating milk prevented the growth of bacteria.
  • Dimitri Ivanovski

    In 1892 in Russia, Dimitri discovered that some diseases are caused by microorganisms that cannot be seen with a microscope. They are called viruses.
  • Joseph Lister

    He learned about Pasteur’s discovery that microorganisms cause infection. He used carbolic acid on wounds to kill germs that cause infection. Then, he became the first doctor to use an antiseptic during surgery.
  • Ernst von Bergmann

    He developed asepsis. He knew from Lister’s and Pasteur’s research that germs caused infections in wounds. He developed a method to keep an area germ-free before and during surgery. This was the beginning of asepsis.
  • Robert Koch

    Robert Koch
    He discovered many disease-causing organisms. He developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens and also isolated the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. He also introduced the importance of cleanliness and sanitation in preventing the spread of diseases.
  • Paul Ehrlich

    He discovered the effect of medicine on disease-causing microorganisms. His treatment was effective against some microorganisms but was not effective in killing other bacteria. His discoveries brought about the use of chemicals to fight disease.
  • Wilhelm Roentgen

    He discovered x-rays in 1895. He took the very first picture using x-rays of his wife’s hand. He also introduced the importance of cleanliness and sanitation in preventing the spread of disease.
  • Anesthesia

    Anesthesia
    Surgery was preformed on patients without anesthesia. Early physicians used herbs, hashish, and alcohol to help relieve the pain of surgery. Then, a drug was invented to have the ability to put people into a deep sleep so they don’t feel anything
  • Sir Alexander Fleming

    He found that Penicillin killed life-threatening bacteria. The discovery of penicillin is considered one of the most important discoveries of the twentieth century. Before penicillin was discovered, people dies of illnesses that we consider curable today.
  • Sigmund Freud

    He discovered the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind. He studies the effects of the unconscious mind on the body
  • Gerhard Domagk

    He discovered sulfonamide compounds. These compounds were the first medications effective in killing bacteria. They changed the practice of medicine by killing deadly diseases.
  • Jonas Salk

    He discovered that a dead polio virus would cause immunity to poliomyelitis. This virus paralyzed thousands of adults and children every year. It seamed to attack the most active and athletic.
  • Albert Sabin

    In contrast to Salk’s virus, Albert Sabin used a live polio virus vaccine, which is more effective. This vaccine is used today to immunize babies against this dreaded disease.
  • Francis Crick and James Watson

    Francis Crick and James Watson discovered the molecular structure of DNA, based on its known double helix. Their model served to explain how DNA replicates and how hereditary information if coded on it. Eventually, they won the Nobel Prize in medicine for this discovery.
  • Christian Barnard

    Christian Barnard
    He preformed the first successful heart transplant in 1968
  • Ben Carson

    He continues to be a pioneer in separating Siamese twins and performing hemispherectomies, surgeries on the brain to stop seizures.
  • Period: to

    21st century

  • Mobile health

    The use of digital information that has rapidly increased this century,
  • Wearable technology for healthcare

    wearing these devices have been on the rise. Very helpful to track fitness goals, heart rates, and many more information.
  • Medication management devices

    They play a major role in preventing, diagnosing, treating, and monitoring different medical conditions.
  • 3D printing in healthcare

    This allows for the creation of customized medical devices, implants, and models based on patients specific body functions. This also allows for better surgical planning.
  • Electronic health records

    They provide an accessible place for patients medical history, improved communication between healthcare providers, and reduced medical errors.