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HS Hx of Healthcare

HS Hx of healthcare

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Trephining To treat insanity, epilepsy, or headache
Leeches Treated illness with bloodletting
Acupuncture Used by Ancient Chinese
Ancient Greeks Founders of modern medicine
Ancient Greek Believed Illness was the result of natural causes
Ancient Greek First to require licensing of physicians
Ancient Romans Established the first hospitals by caring for soldiers in their homes.
Ancient Romans Built sanitation systems to prevent disease
Bubonic plague Killed 75% of the people in Europe & Asia
Renaissance Rebirth of science medicine
Microscope Lead to the discovery that disease was caused by micro-organisms
Apothecaries Were the first pharmacies and sold medicine
19th century Formal training of nurses
Diabetes Insulin was discovered to treat it
Infection Antibiotics was discovered to fight it
21st century First totally implantable artificial heart
21st century Netherlands legalized euthanasia
Human Genome Project (21st century) Identified all 20-25,000 genes in the body
21st century Stem cell research
HIPPA (21st century) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act went into effect
Cost of health care rising due to Technological advances
Cost of health care rising due to Aging population
Cost of health care rising due to Health related lawsuits
Hospice care Terminally ill
Geriatric care Elderly
Wellness of whole individual (Holistic health) Physical wellness
Wellness of whole individual (Holistic health) Emotional wellness
Wellness of whole individual (Holistic health) Social wellness
Wellness of whole individual (Holistic health) Mental and Intellectual wellness
Wellness of whole individual (Holistic health) spiritual wellness
Hippocrates Father of medicine
Anton van Leeuwenhoek Microscope lens
Rene Laennec Invented first stethoscope
Elizabeth Blackwell First female physician
Florence Nightingale Founder of modern nursing
Louis Pasteur Father of Microbiology
Joseph Lister First antiseptic during surgery
Clara Barton Formed American Red Cross
Wilhelm Roentgen First x-rays
Sir Alexander Fleming Discovered penicillin
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