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Health and Medicine over time - Coggle Diagram
Health and Medicine over time
Before 1750
Greeks
Looked for natural causes.
Wrote down symptoms.
Fixed it with bleeding or vomiting.
Doctors watched and then diagnosed.
Illness came from bad humours.
Romans
Hippocrates ideas continued
Galen was a famous doctor.
Dissected bodies to learn.
Believed in public health.
Built sewers and bath-houses.
Pre history
´Medicine men´
Priests and women were healers.
Spirits and gods caused illness
Middle ages
Church had strong control.
Flagellants
Treatment for illnesses
Women couldn't be doctors
The Renaissance
Vesalius
Improved knowledge of anatomy
Dissected humans.
Paré
Tied arteries with silk
Cauterized to stop bleeding
Used bandages instead of hot oil
No antiseptics
Advanced surgery
Harvey
Discovered blood circulation
The Enlightenment
Old ideas were questioned.
New disease theories came.
People used experiments.
The microscope
Science explained illness.
Church lost control of education.
19th century
Towns had more health problems.
Cities were crowded and dirty.
Some health factors improved
Technology improved and harmed health
Dyes killed bacteria.
the thermometer
Railways helped doctors travel.
Newspapers spread ideas.
20th century
WW II
Penicilin
Reduce the infection and increased survival rates
Surgical techniques
Plastic Surgery improved
Combating diseases
Combating Malaria
Improvments to public health
New houses were built
WW I
Infections
Removed infected tissue
Cleaned wounds with saline
Surgery
Used skin grafts
Blood loss
Blood groups identified
Separated blood parts
Triage system