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Health and Medicine over time, Middle ages - Coggle Diagram
Health and Medicine over time
Before 1750
Prehistory
Women
Midwifery
Take basic care
They belived that ilnesses had
Natural Cases
Supernatural Cases
The treatment was to use a supernatural causes, or natural causes
Emphasis on hygiene to prevent diseas
illnesses were treated by 'medicine men'
Greeks
Four Humours
Temples
The Renaissance
Renewed interest in science and the human body
Printing press helped spread medical ideas faster
Old beliefs about disease began to be questioned
Romans
Believed that clean water and sanitation were important for health
Built aqueducts and public baths to improve hygiene
Galen
Ideas were wrong but stayed important for a long time
Believed in the balance of the Four Humours
Studied anatomy by dissecting
1700's
Reason was valued over tradition.
Church no longer dominated education
Science was used to understand the world.
The four humours theory was proven wrong
19th Century
The Enlightenment
Germ theory accepted
Improved public health
Anesthesia in surgery
Poor lacked care
Rise of vaccines
Better medical tools
Nightingale reforms hospitals
Wars played a big role in medical progress
20th Century
WW1
Blood Loss
Doctors found that they can separate the plasma from the corpuscles
The need to transfuse blood to thousands of casualties led to breakthroughs in understanding of how to store blood
Due to the many deadly weapons used, new techniques to heal patients were created
Soldiers' wounds were often often infected by fragments of their clothing that carried bacteria and caused deadly gangrene gas.
Doctors found that cutting away infected tissue and soaking the wound in saline had the best results.
Surgery
Surgery in WW1 was the foundation for plastic surgery
Surgery to the eyes, ears, throat and even the brain, improved.
WW2
Wartime medical advances
Mass use of penicillin
Blood transfusion improved
Mental health overlooked
Field hospitals expanded
Prosthetics developed further
Civilians lacked care
Penicilin
Penicillin saves lives
Mass production of penicillin
Penicillin fights infections
Middle ages
People believed that illness was caused by
Bad air
Good Air
Treatements
Bloodletting,
Herbal Remedies
Praying
Hospitals were built but mostly for rest, not cure
The Black Death
Killed millions