history-medicine through time

turning points
1. important events in history
  1. 1879 vaccinations in Grand Cayman
  2. 1953. 28 bed hospitial built in Cayman Brac.
  3. 1965 mosquito research and control
1. 3000BC
1. pre-history
  1. understandings based on spirits and gods
  2. people die very young
  3. no real medical care
2. 2000BC
1. Egyptian empire
  1. development of Papryrus
  2. greater understanding of body
3. 1500-300BC
1. greek empire
  1. based on religion
  2. patients would get better in the temple of asclepius
  3. the patients will get better from rest, relaxation and excersize
4. 400BC-500AD
1. roman empire
  1. had excellent public health facilties
  2. they introduced aqueducts, public baths, sewers and drains
5. 1348
1. blackdeath
  1. more than 25 million people died
  2. had no idea how to stop it
  3. it was a plague
  4. thought it was caused by: jews poisining the wells, the planets and the gods.
6.1665
1. the great plague
  1. no ides how to stop it
  2. 69,000 people died
7.1760-1840
1. industrial revolution
  1. had dramatic effect on public health
  2. standards of public health declined
  3. more families moved in to towns and cities

Resource summary

	Created by annabelle mcmillan about 9 years ago