Time Period	Thought Process and Key Ideas Brought from these Eras and Civilizations
Prehistoric and Ancient Medicine	Believed disease was caused by sin, emphasis on anatomy & physiology, diet, massage, drugs
Ancient Egyptians	Associated deities (gods) with health, illness, and death Embalming practices allowed for knowledge of anatomy
Ancient India	Believed in a cycle of creation, preservation, and destruction Religion allowed secular medicine to be sound and rational
Ancient China	Medicine focused on disease prevention, 5 methods of treatment, developed smallpox inoculation
Ancient Greece	Healing temples, basic elements in all animal life and plants were water, based on elements
Christianity	Constantine founded a hospital in the 4^th century, spread of disease & plague through crusades
Renaissance	Flourishing period Ambroise Pare was a forerunner in clinical surgery
17th Century	William Harvey found continuous blood circulation was present in a contained body, Hugens developed centigrade system of measuring temperature, Fahrenheit developed system named after him, Malpighi & Leeuwenhoek invention of microscope, Quinine treatment for malaria, da Vinci explored anatomy
18th Century	Von Haller discovered relationship of brain cortex to peripheral nerves, founder of modern physiologic theory, Hales demonstrated dynamic of blood circulation, capillary system, record blood pressure, Edward Jenner formulated smallpox vaccination
19th Century	Autopsies major focus of medicine, Virchow professed “all cells come from other cells,” J Marion Sims gynecology, invented catheter, Sims, speculum, Lister discovered bacteria origin, Pasteur formulated germ theory,
20th Century	Walter Reed discovered yellow fever, 1^st artificial kidney, basis of dialysis, eliminated polio
21^st Century	Robot surgeries, genetics and DNA code, electrical system of heart is mapped, WHO,

Person:	Father Of:
Andreas Versalius	Anatomy
Paracelsus	Pharmacology
Hippocrates	Medicine
Paul Ehrlich	Chemotherapy
Wilhelm Roentgen	X-ray
Giovanni Morgagni	Pathology

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