history of healthcare

ancient/prevative times

concerned with prevention of energy and survival, and thought ill people were punished by the gods. mainly had a large influence on modern beliefs and medicine, and still shows up in parts of culture

chinese medicine

practices included herbal medicine, acupuncture, massages, dietary practices, and massage therapy

egyptians

one of the first and earliest civilixations to hold medical records. only pharos and elites has acces to special healers, meaning this depended on social class. they recorded symptoms, examinations, diagnosis, treatments, and mesical processes written on papyrus. this was a plant that produced writing materials

greek medicine

this was the bigenning of modern medicine. observations started being used for real diagnosis and more natural explanations came about. nutrittion, clinicla observation, and prevention of illness became a big deal