Radiology 101 History of Medicine

Hepatoscopy

the detailed examination of the liver

common injuries in ancient medicine

fractured

In Prehistoric and ancient medicine Hepatoscopy was studied by

mesopotamians and they believe the liver was the seat of life , and the collecting point of blood

Who is the father of medicine?

Hippocrates, believed those practicing medicine should be "holy and pure"

The word hospital is derived from

the french word hospes meaning guest

The primary purpose of early hospital is

to recieve and care for guests

Who founded the earliest hospitals?

Greek and Egyptians

Ancient Egypt Medicine

embalming practices provided knowledge of ancient medicine

-the practices required the liver, lungs, stomach, and intestines be preserved in stone jars where they could function for alll enternirh

Ancient India Medicine

commonly performed surgery on the nose, harelips (cleft palate), earlobes, hernias, also performing cesarean sections (C-sections)

Ancient China Medicine

focused on prevention of disease, found an inoculation against smallpox

Hospitals in the Middle Ages

associated with monasteries and nursing was associated with religious order

Florence Nightingale

pointed the way to nursing reform and better hospital management and construction

Joseph Lister

developed the technique for antiseptic surgery

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

developed the technique of immunization and vaccines; pasteurization (heat treatment process that destroys pathogenic microorganisms in certain foods and beverages...milk)

Jonas Salk

developed the first successful vaccine against polio viruses in 1955

Edward Jenner (1796)

english physician who developed the small pox vaccine

-also coining the word vaccine

How did prehistoric people treat wounds?

probably in the way animals treated themselves

ex. immersing themselves in cool water, applying mud to irritated areas, sucking stings, licking wounds, and exerting pressure on wounds to stop bleeding

Medical treatment intertwined with...

religion and magic well into the 19th century