History of Healthcare Flashcards
What were used for illness by early humans?
Plants and herbs
Early humans believed illnesses were caused by what?
Evil spirits
What is trephination?
Bearing holes into skulls to relieve “evil spirits”.
Who were the first people who kept written records of medical treatments?
Egyptians
In Egypt, who were often the “doctors”?
Priests
What did the Egyptians gain knowledge of, through he process of mummification?
Anatomy and structure of the body
Who is the father of medicine?
Hippocrates
What did Hippocrates believe?
He believed that illness was not from the gods
What did Hippocrates do to observe how the human body worked?
Talked to the patient to get case history and kept records of observations
Romans often provided the most healthcare for who?
Soldiers
Who thought sanitation was important to the prevention of disease?
Romans
Who believed in the dirt and disease link?
Romans
What did Romans do to help maintain health and hygiene?
Built aqueducts and built public baths. Also built sewers for sanitation
Who was Galen?
Famous Greek physician
What did Galen influence?
The study of anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, and neurology.
When was the extremely poor sanitation?
The Middle Ages
What was common during the Middle Ages?
Starvation and disease.
During the Middle Ages, what was medicine dominated by?
Religion
What were considered the first hospitals?
During the Middle Ages, monks and nuns took care of the sick in monasteries.
What are leeches used for?
To “bleed the sickness out”
