History of medicine
- herbs and plants were used as medicine
- tribal witch doctors
- (4000 B.C - 3000 B.C)
Primitive times
- began after the Roman Empire fall
- study of medicine was prohibited
Dark ages
Video, audio, and computers provide medical care
Telemedicine
- acupuncture
- herbal remedies
- balance of yin and yang
Chinese medicine practitioners
What century was was insulin created?
20th century
- 1st to keep medical records
- leeches used for bloodletting
- (3000 B.C - 300 AD)
Egyptian times
- bubonic plague killed most of Asia & Europe
- medical universities
Middle Ages
Nano medicine
Believes spine must be in alignment for body to function
Chiropractors
what century were MRI’s invented
20th century
- religion prohibited dissection
- Tx body and spirit
- acupuncture
- (1700 B.C - 220 AD)
Ancient Chinese
- dissections led to understanding atanomy
- (1350 AD- 1650)
- invention of the printing press invention lowed medical knowledge to be spread
Renaissance
home care for those who are terminally ill and less than 6 months to live
Hospice
Believes in a trance like state to promote healing
Hypnotists
When did hospice develop
Century 20
discover sewers and aqueducts
Roman times
-Apothecaries led to the development of pharmacies
- infectious disease: lead to death
16th,17th,18th century
- long term care (nursing home)
- ”adult daycare”
- requires certification to give care
Geriatric care
Believes in natural therapies
Naturopaths
When did in home patient care start
19th century
- illness was a result of natural causes
- massage and art therapy was tx
- (1700 B.C - 220 AD)
Greek times
- formal training by Florence Nightgale
- blood letting: got rid of blood
- infection control methods developed
- in home patient care
19th century
who focuses on treatments that balance body, mind, spirit, and enviorments
Ayurvedic practitioners
Believes the body can heal itself through the immune system
Homeopaths
What was the first surgery in primitive times
Trepantation