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4000 BCE
Primitive Era
From 4000-3000 bc -
Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Primitive Era
-Average life span was 20 years -
Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Primitive Era
-Believed that illness and disease were caused by super national spirits and demons -
Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Primitive Era
-Tribal witch doctors treated illness with ceremonies to drive out evil spirits -
Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Primitive Era
-Herbs and plants used as medicines, and some are still used today -
Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Primitive Era
-Trepanation or trephining was used to treat insanity and epilepsy -
3000 BCE
Ancient Egyptains
From 3000-300 BC -
Period: 3000 BCE to 300 BCE
Ancient Egyptians
-Earliest people known to maintain accurate health records -
Period: 3000 BCE to 300 BCE
Ancient Egyptians
-Called upon the gods to heal them when disease occurred -
Period: 3000 BCE to 300 BCE
Ancient Egyptians
-Imhotep may have been the first physican -
Period: 3000 BCE to 300 BCE
Ancient Egyptians
-Physicians were priests who studied medicine and surgery in temple medical schools -
Period: 3000 BCE to 300 BCE
Ancient Egyptians
-Average lifespan was 20-30 years -
1700 BCE
Ancient Chinese
From 1700 BC-220 AD -
Period: 1700 BCE to 220
Ancient Chinese
-Religious prohibitions against dissection resulted in inadequate knowledge of body structure -
Period: 1700 BCE to 220
Ancient Chinese
-Carefully monitored the pulse to determine the condition of the body -
Period: 1700 BCE to 220
Ancient Chinese
-Believed in the need to treat the whole body by curing the spirit and nourishing the body -
Period: 1700 BCE to 220
Ancient Chinese
-Used acupuncture, or puncture of the skin by needles, to relieve pain and congestion -
Period: 1700 BCE to 220
Ancient Chinese
-Average lifespan was 20-30 years -
1200 BCE
Ancient Greeks
From 1200-200 BC -
Period: 1200 BCE to 200 BCE
Ancient Greeks
-Began modern medical science by observing the human body and effects of disease -
Period: 1200 BCE to 200 BCE
Ancient Greeks
-Believed illness is a result of natural causes -
Period: 1200 BCE to 200 BCE
Ancient Greeks
-Average lifespan was 25-35 years -
753 BCE
Ancient Romans
From 753 BC - 410 AD -
Period: 753 BCE to 410
Ancient Romans
-First to organize medical care by providing care for injured soldiers -
Period: 753 BCE to 410
Ancient Romans
-Early hospitals developed when physicians cared for ill people in rooms in their homes -
Period: 753 BCE to 410
Ancient Romans
-Later Hospitals were religious and charitable institutions housed in monasteries and convents -
Period: 753 BCE to 410
Ancient Romans
-Began public health and sanitation systems -
Period: 753 BCE to 410
Ancient Romans
-Average lifespan was 25-35 years -
Period: 460 BCE to 377 BCE
Ancient Greeks
-Hippocrates was called the father of medicine -
Period: 384 BCE to 322 BCE
Ancient Greeks
-Aristotle dissected animals and is called the founder of comparative anatomy -
400
Dark Ages
From 400-800 AD -
Period: 400 to 800
Dark Ages
-Emphasis was placed on saving the soul and the study of medicine was prohibited -
Period: 400 to 800
Dark Ages
-Prayer and divine intervention were used to treat illness and disease -
Period: 400 to 800
Dark Ages
-Monks and priests provided custodial care for sick people -
Period: 400 to 800
Dark Ages
Medications were mainly herbal mixtures -
Period: 400 to 800
Dark Ages
-Average lifespan was 20-30 years -
800
Middle Ages
From 800-1400 AD -
Period: 800 to 1400
Middle Ages
-Renewed interest in the medical practice of Greeks and Romans -
Period: 800 to 1400
Middle Ages
-Physicians began to obtain knowledge at medical universities in the 9th century -
Period: 800 to 1400
Middle Ages
-A pandemic of the bubonic plague killed 3/4 of the population of Europe and Asia -
Period: 800 to 1400
Middle Ages
-Major diseases were smallpox, diphtheria, tuberculosis, typhoid, the plague, and malaria -
Period: 800 to 1400
Middle Ages
-Average lifespan was 20-35 years -
1350
Renaissance
From 1350-1650 AD -
Period: 1350 to
Renaissance
-Rebirth of science of medicine -
Period: 1350 to
Renaissance
-Dissection of the body began to allow a better understanding of anatomy and physiology -
Period: 1350 to
Renaissance
-Average lifespan was 30-40 years -
Period: 1442 to 1442
Renaissance
-First chairs of medicine created at Oxford and Cambridge in England -
1500
16th and 17th Centuries
From 1500-1699 -
Period: 1500 to
16th and 17th Centuries
-Causes of disease were still not known and many people died from infections and puerperal -
Period: 1500 to
16th and 17th Centuries
-Average lifespan was 35-45 years -
Period: 1510 to
16th and 17th Centuries
-Ambroise Pare a French Surgeon, known as the Father of Modern Surgery established use of ligatures to bind arteries and stop bleeding -
Period: 1514 to 1564
Renaissance
-First anatomy book was published by Andreas Vesalius -
Period: 1523 to 1562
16th and 17th Centuries
-Gabriel Fallopius identified the Fallopian tubes in the female -
Period: 1578 to
16th and 17th Centuries
-William Harvey described the circulation of blood to and from the heart -
18th, 19th, 20th, 21st Centuries
From 1700-1999 -
Period: to
18th, 19th, 20th, 21st Centuries
-Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals for glasses -
Period: to
18th, 19th, 20th, 21st Centuries
-French Barbers acted as surgeons by extracting teeth, using leeches for treatment, and giving enemas -
Period: to
18th, 19th, 20th, 21st Centuries
-Walter Reed demonstrated that mosquitos carry yellow fever -
Period: to
18th, 19th, 20th, 21st Centuries
-Adult Stem Cells were used as treatment of disease -
Period: to
18th, 19th, 20th, 21st Centuries
-Average lifespan in the 21st century is 90-100+ years
