Module 1 Flashcards
500-323 BC
Ancient greece
23 BC - 476 AD
Roman Empire
476-1450 AD
Middle ages
1400-1600 AD
Renaissance
1650-1800 AD
Birth of Modern Medicine
1800s-1900s
Sanitary Awakening
1900 AD-Onwards
Modern Public Health
- Personal Hygiene
- Physical Fitness
- Olympics
Ancient Greeks
- This period emphasizes the health of individual and not the environment.
- Exponents of the Science of Preventive Medicine
- Introduce the Philosophy of relationship between Physical and Mental Health
Ancient greeks
Father of Western Medicine
Hippocrates
imbalance in the human body
Disease
to balance the 4 humours
Food
What are the 4 humors
- blood
- black bike
- yellow bike
- phlegm
disease caused by an imbalance between man and his environment
Naturalistic Concept
- Adopted greek health values or the kings by hitting greek physicians as personal healer
Roman empire
coined the term epidemic and endemic
Hippocrates
- established bureaucratic system of administration
- adopted greek health values or the kings by hiring greek physicians as a personal healer
Roman empire
down fall of the roman empire
dark ages
- spiritual era of public health
- dark ages
- urbanization in europe
Middle ages
- killed at least 25 million people in Europe
- more than 60 million worldwide
Bubonic plague
period of exploration
renaissance
taken from the title of
Alfred W. Crosby’s in 1972
The Columbian Exchange
Columbian Exchange’s three categories
- Diseases
- Animals
- Plants
Slavery, exchange of diseases
between the old and new world
Negative Impact