HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF HEALTH CARE Flashcards
Times where Illness and disease caused by spirits and demons
Primitive
Treated illness with ceremonies to drive out evil spirits
Tribal Witch Doctors
Believed body was a system of channels (ducts)
Ancient Egyptians
First Doctor, God of Healing
Imhotep
Also used leeches to cure infections
Ancient Egyptians
Large Egyptian compilation of medical texts
Ebers Papyrus
To relieve pain and congestion
Acupuncture
Father of Medicine
Hippocrates
High standard of ethics
Hippocratic oath
Dissected animals, founder of Anatomy
Aristotle
First to provide medical care for injured soldiers
Ancient Romans
To carry clean water to cities
Aqueducts
To carry waste away from cities
Sewers
Doctor of gladiators
Claudius Galen
Spread with air
pneumonic
caused by bites
bubonic
First human anatomy book creator
Andrea Versailus
First human anatomy
De humani corporis fabrica/ On the Fabric of Human Body
Early form of therapy, first known surgery: drilling the skull
Trephining