Name: _________________________ Date: ____________ HSci20: HC1 Philosophies Historical Evolution Historical Timelines ANSWER KEY Historical Era “Healers” Overall Contributions Location of Care Prehistoric Multiple gods Temples Superstitious (evil spirits cause disease) Medicine Herbs & plants as medicine Home/Personal (5000-3000BC) Trepanation Dwellings Ancient Egypt Priests (physicians) Temples Prescriptions written (3000-1000BC) Leeches used Magicians (healers) Places of Embalming process & gauze worship Called on gods Enemas, circumcision, closing wounds and Medical schools setting fractures Magic eye evolved into Rx sign Ancient Greece Custodial care First to study causes of disease – Temples (1000-500BC) (physicians) sanitation Places of Eliminated superstition Called on gods worship Hippocrates (Father of Medicine) wrote Medical schools the Hippocratic Oath which became the and “hospitals” standard for ethics EMS symbol evolved from temples in Aesculapius’ honor becoming initial concept of “hospitals” Ancient Rome God is the only Doctor’s Developed sanitation systems involving (500BC-400AD) healer residences were aqueducts “hospitals” Organized healthcare Army medicine evolved
Name: _________________________ Date: ____________ HSci20: HC1 Philosophies Historical Evolution Historical Timelines ANSWER KEY Historical Era “Healers” Overall Contributions Location of Care Prehistoric Medicine (5000-3000BC) Multiple gods Superstitious (evil spirits cause disease) Herbs & plants as medicine Trepanation Temples Home/Personal Dwellings Ancient Egypt (3000-1000BC) Priests (physicians) Magicians (healers) Called on gods Prescriptions written Leeches used Embalming process & gauze Enemas, circumcision, closing wounds and setting fractures Magic eye evolved into Rx sign Temples Places of worship Medical schools Ancient Greece (1000-500BC) Custodial care (physicians) Called on gods First to study causes of disease – sanitation Eliminated superstition Hippocrates (Father of Medicine) wrote the Hippocratic Oath which became the standard for ethics EMS symbol evolved from temples in Aesculapius’ honor becoming initial concept of “hospitals” Temples Places of worship Medical schools and “hospitals” Ancient Rome (500BC-400AD) God is the only healer Developed sanitation systems involving aqueducts Organized healthcare Army medicine evolved Doctor’s residences were “hospitals”