History and Trends of Health Care

History and Trends of Health Care Evil spirits and demons - Answer- Believed to cause illness and disease in ancient times Ancient Egyptians - Answer- First recorded health records in ancient times Chinese medicine - Answer- Believed in curing the spirit and nourishing the body Hippocrates - Answer- Father of Medicine, developed method to observe human body Romans - Answer- Developed sanitary systems with sewers and aqueducts First hospitals - Answer- Established in ancient Rome for patient care Middle Ages - Answer- Average lifespan was 20-35 years Renaissance - Answer- Rebirth of the science of medicine, human dissection Printing press - Answer- Allowed publication of medical books Knowledge of human body - Answer- Greatly increased in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries Microscope - Answer- Invented by Leeuwenhoek Apothecaries - Answer- Early pharmacists who made and sold medications Mercury thermometer - Answer- Created by Gabriel Fahrenheit Major progress in medical science - Answer- Thanks to the development of machines in the 19th century Stethoscope - Answer- Invention that allowed physicians to listen to internal body sounds Florence Nightingale - Answer- Started formal training for nurses Infection control - Answer- Major development in the 19th century American Red Cross - Answer- Founded by Clara Barton X-rays - Answer- Developed in the 20th century to prevent disease Medicines and vaccines - Answer- Developed in the 20th century to prevent disease