Egyptians , Chinese and Greek

Ancient Egyptians 3000 BC

  • Average life span 20-30 years


    Ancient Chinese 1700 BC

  • Believed in the need to treat the whole body by curing the spirit and nourishing the body

  • carefully monitored pulse to determine the condition of the body

  • Recorded a pharmacopoeia of medications based mainly on the use of herbs

  • Used acupuncture to relieve pain & congestion

  • Used moxibustion to treat disease by stimulating circulation and the bodies qi

  • Began to search for medical reasons for illness

  • Average life span 20 - 30 yrs.


    Ancient Greeks 1200 BC

  • Began modern medicial science by observing human body
    & effects of disease

  • Believed illness was a result of natural causes

  • Stressed diet: cleanliness as ways 10 prevent disease

  • Used therapies that are stil used today

  • Massage, art therapy, and herbal treatments

  • Almaeon was a biochemist that identified the brain as the physiological site of the senses

  • Aristole dissected animals and is called the Founder of Comparative Anatomy

  • Hippocrates is called the Father of medicine he developed an organizational method to observe the human diseas He also recorded signs & symptoms of many diseases