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2670 BCE
Ancient Egyptians
Non invasive surgery -
2669 BCE
Ancient Egyptians
setting of bones -
2668 BCE
Ancient Egyptians
Dentistry -
2667 BCE
Ancient Egyptians
Extensive Set of Pharmacopoeia -
2666 BCE
Ancient Egypt
The practice of dissection -
402 BCE
Dark Ages
Average life span was 20-30 years -
401 BCE
Dark Ages
Medications by herbal mixtures -
400 BCE
Dark Ages
Custodial Care for sick people. -
400 BCE
Renaissance
- based diagnoses on observations of the signs and symptoms of disease.
- developed criteria for distinguishing between smallpox and measles in 910 AD
- suggested blood was the cause of many infectious diseases
- Began the rise of animal gut for structure material
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186 BCE
Ancient Chinese
recipes that suggested chanting spells -
185 BCE
Ancient Chinese
herbal medicines -
184 BCE
Ancient Chinese
lancing -
184 BCE
Ancient Chinese
cauterization -
183 BCE
Ancient Chinese
cure for snakebites and mental illness -
60 BCE
Ancient Romans
Dloscorides: 5-volume Greek encyclopedia about herbal medicine and related medicinal substances -
59 BCE
Ancient Romans
Galen influenced the development of various scientific disciplines, including anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, and neurology, as well as philosophy and logic. -
58 BCE
Ancient Romans
known for his extant medical work, De Medicina, which is believed to be the only surviving section of a much larger encyclopedia. -
57 BCE
Ancient Romans
new prescriptions -
56 BCE
Ancient Romans
Created new cures -
6 BCE
Ancient Greeks
hippocratic texts -
5 BCE
Ancient Greeks
greek natural philosophy -
4 BCE
Ancient Greeks
Platos concept of a healthy diet -
3 BCE
Ancient Greeks
Hippocrates detailed observations on how disease effected the body -
2 BCE
Ancient Greeks
Homer's Illiad on the Trojan war and how people were treated during the fight -
400
Dark Ages
-Prayer and divine intervention were used to treat illness and disease
-Emphasis was paced on saving the soul and the study of medicine was prohibited -
16th and 17th century
- established use of ligatures to bind arteries and stop bleeding
- Elimintaed use of boiling oil to cauterize wounds
- improved treatment of fractures and promoted use of artificial limbs
- identifies the fallopian tubes in the female
- described the tympanic membraine in the ear
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18th Century
- established scientific surgical prcedures
- introduced tube feeding
- Dr. Jessee Bennet prescribed lime juice containing vitamin C
- Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals for glasses
- Gabriel Fahrenheit created the first mercury thermometer
