Unit 3 Flashcards
Ancient times
Disease/illness caused by evil spirits/demons
Sickness seen as punishment
Religious rites were preformed to restore health
Human body was a mystery since religious rites didn’t allow dissection of the body
Egyptians
First to record health records although most couldn’t read
Greeks
Hippocrates or fathers of medicine helped prove disease is naturally caused first to stress good diet and cleanliness helped prevent disease
Roman’s
Realized disease linked to filth bad water and bad sanitation built sewers for waste aqueducts for clean water and laws to keep streets clean eliminate garbage first hospitals were established cities and small villages formed
Chinese
Strong belief in holistic health methods stress treating entire patient mind body and soul
Early medieval period 400-800 AD
After fall of Roman Empire study of medicine stopped emphasis placed on saving the soul prayer of the Devine used to treat illness and disease lifespan 20 - 30 years
Black Death 1300
Bubonic plague killed 75% of pop disease carried by bacteria carried by rats cured today by simple antibiotic autopsies usually forbidden bite were allowed in hopes to find cure
Renaissance 1350-1650 AD
Rebirth of science and medicine
Major source from human dissection doctors could view organs see connections between different systems lifespan 30-40 years
Who were the first to accurately draw the human body
Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci
16th to 18th century
Physicians learning more about body physicians looking at germs causing disease
Who invented the microscope
Antón van Leeuwenhoek
Who made the vaccine for small pox
Edward Jenner at the end of 19th centuray
19th century
Known as Industrial Revolution major progress because of development of machines and access to books physicians began to associate tiny microorganisms seen in microsocope with disease lefspan 50-65 years
20th century
Most rapid growth in healthcare physicians able to use machines like x rays to view body medicines like antibiotics to fight infections surgical techniques proved cures for once fatal conditions computes used in every aspect of healthcare
Conventional medicine
Western, allopathic, or orthodox medicine, focuses on treating symptoms
emphasis on disease and treatment technology
scientifically based treatments are proven effective through research doctors study human body diseases and their treatments conventional methods include drug therapies and surgery