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
introduction of crops, precious
metals
Positive Impact
*Overcrowding, Malnutrition, and poor working conditions
* Epidemics are still rampant
RENAISSANCE
a founding member of the Royal Society of London
JOHN GRAUNT
First solid data collection
JOHN GRAUNT
had water pump handle removed from the Broad Street
John Snow
father of modern Epidemiology
John Snow