History of Health Care 100% correct

History of Health Care 100% correctPrimitive Time: BC Trepanation -illness from demons -herbs and plants were medicine Ancient Egyptians: 3000-300 BC -Health records -Imhotep was first physician -Channels of air, tears, blood, urine, sperm, feces -Leeches, magic, and herbs for healing Ancient Chinese: 1700-220 BC -Religion prohibited dissection -Monitored pulse -Acupuncture to relieve pain and maxibustion for disease -Researched illness Ancient Greeks: 1200-200 BC -Brain was the sight for senses -Hippocrates observed body, Oath of Hippocrates -Aristotle researched anatomy -Massage, art, herbal therapy -Diet and cleanliness= health Ancient Romans: 753 BC-AD 410 -Care for injured soldiers -Physicians helping in hospitals and homes -Aqueducts, sewage, and marsh systems -Diet, exercise, medication Four Humors Black bile, yellow bile, blood, phlegm Dark Ages: AD 400- AD 800 -Save the soul, prohibit medicine -Herbal mixes Monks and priests were doctors Middle Ages: AD 800- AD 1400 -Physicians obtained knowledge -Black plague killed 75% of Eurasia -Blood caused many infectious diseases -Found the parasite causing scabies Renaissance: AD 1350-AD 1650 -Science and medicine reborn -Anatomy was popular -Circulatory system described -Research of optics 16th-17 Centuries -Artificial limbs -Microscope -Apothecaries 18th Century -Thermometer -Element of oxygen discovered -Feeding tube -Bifocals -Smallpox vaccine 19th Century -Blood transfusions -Stethoscope -Treatment for mental illness -Nursing -Anesthetics -Rabies Vaccine -X-Rays 20th Century -ABO blood groups -Psychology -Health Insurance -Kidney dialysis -Open heart surgery -Cloning a sheep -Body attachments Hippocrates -Observed human body -Signs and symptoms of disease -High standard of ethics Anton Van Leeuwenhoek Invented the microscope in 1666 Benjamin Franklin Invented bifocals for glasses Edward Jenner Developed a vaccination for smallpox Rene Laennec Invented the stethoscope Elizabeth Blackwell First female physician in the U.S. Florence Nightingale -Founder of modern nursing -Sanitary nursing units in the Crimean War -Began nursing profession Louis Pasteur -Proved microorganisms caused disease -Pasteurized milk to kill bacteria -Created a vaccine for rabies Pasteurization Killing bacteria by using heat Joseph Lister Used disinfectants and antiseptics to prevent infection during surgery Clara Barton Founded the American Red Cross in 1881 Robert Koch Identified and isolated pathogens and isolated bacterium that caused tuberculosis Wilhelm Roentgen Discovered roentgenograms, X-Rays, in 1897 Sigmund Freud Studied and formed the basis for psychology and psychiatry Sir Alexander Fleming Discovered penicillin in 1928 Jonas Salk Developed the polio vaccine by using dead polio virus in 1952 Francis Crick and James Watson Described the DNA structure and how it carries genetic information in 1953 Christian Barnard First person to successfully transplant a heart from one human to the other Ben Carson A neurosurgeon who successfully separated conjoined twins (Siamese twins) Cost Containment Controlling the rising coast of health care Home Healthcare Providing health care in the home: this is cost containment because both sides are saving money for the type of health care Geriatric Healthcare Care for the elderly is a growing business because of the growth of life span. Elderly people are needing more help than others Telemedicine Audio and computer systems to provide health care services from a distance. An EMT sending information from a victim to the hospital Wellness The state of being in good health with balanced physical, social, and mental health. Alternative/Complimentary Methods of Health Care Ayurvedic, Chinese medicine, Chiropractors, Homeopaths, Hypnotists, Naturopaths