history of medicine
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medicine in primitive times consisted of:
witch doctors, herbs and plants, and trepanning
medicine in Egyptian times consisted of:
mummification, prosthetics,
what group of people were the earliest to keep health records?
Egyptians
what did the physician imhotep do?
identified diseases and used medicine to heal diseases.
what did the medical status of the chinese consist of?
yin and yang, the five elements, teas, acupuncture.
who was the greek hippocrates called?
“Father of Medicine”
Why is the greek man hippocrates important?
the hippocratic oath and “code of ethics”
why is Alcomeon inportant?
first to study the nervous system and senses.
what did greek aristotle do?
Comparative anatomy (dissected animals to learn about humans)
roman medicine consisted of:
sending medical care to the military, early hospitals to contain diseases, developed sanitation system and public health.
what makes Claudius Galen important?
Comparative anatomy, used a pulse as a diagnostic tool, and used blood letting as a treatment.
lots of diseases were common and deadly during:
the dark and middle ages
what diseases were common during the dark and middle ages?
plague, small pox, leprosy, typhoid
where was medicine practiced during the dark and middle ages?
monasteries and convents
what medical things did the arabs do to advance medicine during the dark and middle ages?
made doctors pass a test, and separated doctors and pharmacists.
what did Andreas Vesalius write?
the first widespread anatomy book
what did leonardo da vinci do?
performed and documented human dissection
what did william harvey do?
documented the circulation of blood
why was the invention of the printing press a good thing?
allowed anatomy books to be dispersed to a wide audience
during the 16th and 17th century, what society was formed?
the royal society which was the first medial library where physicians could find info
during the 16th and 17th century, what did antony van leeuwenhoek invent?
the microscope and studied bacteria
during the 16th and 17 century, what were the “beginning of our current pharmacies”?
apothecaries
what did benjamin franklin do during the 18th century?
he invented bifocals and “the reacher”
what did edward jenner discover during the 28th century?
the small pox vaccine