Time Periods/Beliefs

Emphasis was placed on saving the soul. Prayer and divine intervention were used to treat illness and disease. What time period was this?

• Primitive Times

• The Renaissance

• The Dark Ages

• Current Day

Believed in the need to treat the whole body by curing the spirit and nourishing the body, used therapies such as acupuncture. What time period was this?

• Ancient China

• Ancient Rome

• Ancient Egypt

• Ancient Greece

The most rapid growth in health care, vaccines and medicines as well as life saving machines developed. What time period is this?

• 21st Century

• 16th-18th Centuries

• Renaissance

• 
  20th Century

Disease and illness caused by evil spirits and demons, were a punishment by gods. Treatment was directed towards eliminating the evil spirits by tribal witch doctors.

• 2023

• Primitive Times

• Ancient Egypt

• Dark Ages

The earliest known people to maintain accurate health records, believed the body was a system of "channels," had a very good understanding of anatomy

• Ancient Egypt

• The Renaissance

• 
  The Dark Ages

• The Middle Ages

The Rebirth of Science of Medicine, dissection led to a better understanding of anatomy, printing press allowed for medical knowledge to be shared

• The Dark Ages

• 20th Century

• Ancient Rome

• The Renaissance

Physicians gained an increased knowledge of the human body, invention of the microscope allowed physicians to see microorganisms, but they didn't connect those with disease.

• The Dark Ages

• The 19th Century (Industrial Revolution)

• The Renaissance

• Th 16th-18th Centuries

First to observe the human body and the effects of disease - led to modern medical sciences, believed illness was the result of natural causes, time of Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine

• 
  Ancient Rome

• Ancient China

• Ancient Greece

• Ancient Egypt

Potential for major advances in health care is unlimited, aided by mapping of the human DNA.

• The Renaissance

• The 21st Century and beyond

• 
  The 20th Century

• 
  To infinity and beyond

Major progress in medical science occurred because of the development of machines and ready access to books. Treatment for diseases more specific after causes of disease identified

• Primitive Times

• 
  The 19th Century (Industrial Revolution)

• The 20th Century

• The Middle Ages