History Of Health Care Flashcards
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- keep health records
- physicians were priests
- treated with blood letting and leaches
- believed clogged body channels caused illness
- air, ears, blood, urine
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Ancient Egyptians
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What was used to treat insanity, epilepsy, etc
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Treplanning
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- dissections prohibited by religion
- believed in treating the whole person
- recorded medicines (herbs and teas)
- acupuncture to relieve pain and congestion
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Ancient Chinese
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- started to observe the human body and effects of disease
- believed illness is a result of natural causes
- stressed diet and cleanliness as ways to prevent disease
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Ancient Greeks
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Who was Hippocrates
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Father of medicine
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- organized medical care
- early hospitals for soldiers
- began public health and sanitation systems
- built sewers and filtering systems for public baths
- used the scientific method to prevent malaria
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Ancient Romans
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- study of medicine prohibited
- monks and priests provided care
- prayers used as treatment
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Dark ages
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- renewed interest in medical practises of the Greeks and Romans
- the plague
- major disease - smallpox
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Middle Ages
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- rebirth of science of medicine
- dissection of body
- medical books on circulation, respiratory and digestion system
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Renaissance
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Used dissection to draw human body more realistically
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Michaelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci
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Who described the circulation of blood to and from the heart
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William Harvey
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- scientific societies established
- apothecaries (early pharmactists)
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16-17 centuries
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Who developed the first Mercury thermometer
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Gabriel Fahrenheit
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- lime juice used to prevent scurvy
- surgical procedure standardized
- vaccination for smallpox
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18 century
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Who developed a vaccination for small pox
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Edward Jenner
