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HEALTH CARE IN ANTIQUE AND MODERN LIFE

ANTIQUE

In prehistoric times, primitive medicine attributed illness to supernatural or magical causes.

Natural remedies such as plants, soil, animal fats, etc. were applied to cure diseases.

They had elementary hygiene practices such as keeping food in suitable places, burial of corpses, etc.

EGYPT

For the first time, written medical records are made where sanatorium knowledge and practices, illnesses, prescriptions and clinical cases are described.

They had medical institutions to care for the sick. These institutions were located in the temples where the priests attended and cured patients

GREECE

They begin to make the first scientific reasoning about the causes of diseases.

It also leaves a written record of the medical records and the treatments and diagnoses of patients.

The Greeks found that hygiene, diet and correct habits contributed to maintaining an adequate level of health.

ROMA

The greatest Roman contribution to public health is sanitation works such as sewers, aqueducts, public baths, etc.

They also built the first hospitals that received the name of valetudinaria

Galen was one of the leading physicians of the time and had a great influence on the development of medicine. His studies of anatomy stand out, he obtained a great knowledge about wounds, bones and muscles.

RENAISSANCE

New hospitals continue to be created.

Leonardo da Vinci carries out important anatomical studies that he captures in excellent drawings. Andrés Vesalio is one of the best anatomists of the time.

MODERN LIFE

Medicine has managed to sabe lives

With the help of technology, medicine has had a great advance, it has been possible to find cures and treatments for diseases that could not be done before. This has helped save many people's lives

Discovery new medicine

New advances in research and thanks to developed laboratories, doctors have had the ability to create new vaccines and drugs to treat current diseases

Analize in depht the diseases that currently exist

Trained and knowledgeable doctors can develop new vaccines, doing in-depth analysis of the causes of these diseases. Currently, thanks to the work of these professionals, the cure for COVID-19 is being obtained

Causes

Not having adequate personal hygiene

Bad consumption habits, fast food, food with a lot of sugar and fat are harmful to our body.

Sedentary life due to causes such as technology, video games, the internet causes overweight and poor health

Recommendation

A good diet, physical exercise can help to improve the lifestyle without resorting to medicines