,History of Health Care
, Objectives
Students will:
• Identify medical/health care milestones that
have led to advances in health care.
• Famous Physicians & their contributions.
, 4000 BC – 3000 BC Primitive Times
◼ Illness and diseases were a punishment
from the Gods
◼ Tribal witch doctors treated illness with
ceremonies
◼ Herbs and plants used as medicines
(morphine and digitalis)
◼ Trepanation or trephining (surgically
removig a piece of bone from the skull)
◼ Average life span was 20 years
, Objectives
Students will:
• Identify medical/health care milestones that
have led to advances in health care.
• Famous Physicians & their contributions.
, 4000 BC – 3000 BC Primitive Times
◼ Illness and diseases were a punishment
from the Gods
◼ Tribal witch doctors treated illness with
ceremonies
◼ Herbs and plants used as medicines
(morphine and digitalis)
◼ Trepanation or trephining (surgically
removig a piece of bone from the skull)
◼ Average life span was 20 years
