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Period: 4000 BCE to 3000 BCE
Early Beginnings
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3900 BCE
Disease Caused by?
Primitive humans believed disease was caused by supernatural spirits. -
3600 BCE
Treatments for sick?
Tribal doctors performed exorcisms to get rid of evil spirits. They would also perform trephining, where they would remove part of the cranium. They also utilized herbs and plants as medicines. -
3100 BCE
Medicines used
Digitalis
-comes from the foxglove plant
- would be chewed
-strengthens and slows the heartbeat Quinine
-comes from bark of the cinchona tree
-controls fevers, relives muscle spasms, prevents malaria Belladonna and Atropine
-made from nightshade
-relives muscle spasms, and gastrointestinal pain Morphine
-made from opium poppy
-relives pain
-can be very addictive -
Period: 2999 BCE to 399
Ancient Times
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2900 BCE
Ancient Egyptians
Health Records- earliest people to keep accurate records
Physicians- Priests, Egyptians believed the gods would heal them
Healing- medicines, splinting fractures, bloodletting with leaches -
1900 BCE
Ancient Chinese
Development of Acupuncture -
900 BCE
Ancient Greeks
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100
Ancient Romans
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Period: 400 to 800
Dark Age
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Period: 800 to 1400
Middle Age
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Period: 1350 to
Renaissance
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Period: 1501 to
16th and 17th Centuries
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Period: to
18th Century
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Period: to
19th and 20th Centuries