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They believed that diseases were caused by evil spirits
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Doctors would perform ceremonies to exorcise evil spirits.
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digitalis is used to treat heart conditions. Quinine is used to control fevers, muscle spasms, and helps prevent malaria. Belladonna and atropine is used to relive muscle spasms, mostly used for GI pain. Morphine is used for treating severe pain.
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The Egyptians were the first people to keep accurate health records. The priests would act as the physicians. They used medicines to heal diseased and learned the art of splinting fractures and bloodletting. -
The Chinese learned to treat a variety of illness and disease with stone tools. These methods eventually developed into the practice of Chinese acupuncture
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The Greeks were the first to study the causes of diseases and determined that illnesses may have natural causes instead of spiritual. The Greeks were not allowed to dissect the body but Hippocrates based his knowledge on observation of the external body. He kept notes of the effects the diseases had on the body and found that diseases were not caused by spiritual forces. -
Romas brought clean water into their cities by waterways. They also built sewers to carry off waste and public baths with filtering systems. The Roman’s were the first to develop healthcare. They sent medical equipment that they needed and physicians with their armies to care for the hurt soldiers. They also kept a room in their houses for the ill. This is what started the development of hospitals. They started creating public buildings for the sick or wounded, and the physicians were paid.
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The church believed that life and death were only in God’s hands. -
The primary treatment was prayer. They occasionally used herbal mixtures.
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- Bubonic Plague (Black Death)
- Smallpox
- Diphtheria
- Syphilis
- Turberculosis
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there was building of universities and medical schools, searches for new ideas about disease, acceptance of dissections of the body for studies, and the development of the press publishing books, which allowed greater access to knowledge from their research.
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Leonardo studied and recorded the anatomy of the body. -
Gabrielle discovered the fallopian tubes.
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Bartolommeo discovered the the tube leasing from the ear to the throat (Eustachian tube)
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William used his knowledge to understand physiology and was able to describe the circulation of blood and the pumping of a heart. -
Antonie invented the microscope, establishing that there is life smaller than the eye can see.
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In medieval England, the apothecaries engaged in a flourishing trade of drugs and spices from the east.
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Benjamin's discoveries affected us in many ways. His discovery included bifocals, and he found that colds could be passed from person to person.