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The History of Medicine
Lancaster High School
Medical Tech Prep 2
Mrs. Carpenter
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objectives
Define the key terms
Discuss the effects of culture on medicine
Describe how attitudes toward illness are
manifested today.
Identify three common medical treatments used in
the past
Recall theories/practices of ancient medicine still
prevalent today
Discuss the role of women in medicine
Identify five significant contributions to medicine
INTRO TO THE HISTORY OF
MEDICINE
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SOCIETY IS BECOMING MORE
PLURALISTIC=ETHNIC, RELIGIOUS, OR
CULTURAL GROUPS THAT COEXIST WITH ONE
ANOTHER
MORE IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
CONTRIBUTIONS TO MEDICINE HAVE BEEN
DERIVED
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL CARE FOR
PEOPLE WITH VARIED CULTURES AND
BELIEFS
CULTURAL HERITAGE IN
MEDICINE
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RELIGION
MAGIC
SCIENCE
RELIGION
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GODS WERE CALLED UPON FOR
CURES
SPECIFIC CEREMONIES,
PRAYERS, AND SACRIFICES
MAGIC
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USED TO CHASE AWAY EVIL
SPIRITS
EVIL SPIRITS THOUGHT TO CAUSE
DISEASES AND ILLNESSES
SCIENCE
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PLANTS AND MINERALS USED FOR
MEDICINE
– MESPOTAMIA, BABYLON, CHINA
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PHARMACOPEIA= A BOOK DESCRIBING
DRUGS AND THEIR USES THAT UTILIZED
PLANTS
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ACUPUNCTURE=PIERCING OF THE
SKIN BY LONG NEEDLES INTO 365
POINTS ON THE BODY
MOXIBUSTION=USE OF A POWDERED
PLANT TO MOUND ON THE SKIN AND
BURNED TO MAKE A BLISTER
MEDICAL SPECIALISTS
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PRESENT IN EARLY MEDICINE
KNOWN BY
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WITCH DOCTOR
MEDICINE MAN
HEALING PRIEST
SHAMAN
PHYSICIAN
WOMEN IN MEDICINE
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DECREASED STATUS
ONLY ABLE TO CARE FOR WOMEN
AND ASSIST IN CHILDBIRTH
FIRST FEMALE PHYSICIAN IN
AMERICA
– ELIZABETH BLACKWELL 1849
MEDCIAL EDUCATION
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RISE IN CHRISTIANITY
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EMPHASIS ON SOULS RATHER THAN BODY
A.D. 500 STUDY OF MEDICINE IS
FORBIDDEN, HEALING ONLY THROUGH
PRAYER AND DIVINE INTERVENTION
THROUGH THE NEXT 500 YEARS
MEDICAL EDUCATION
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15TH CENTURY FIRST LICENSING OF
PHYSICIANS
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ART AND SCIENCE ARE CLOSELY RELATED
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MICHELANGELO-HUMAN DISSECTION
DA VINCI
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-DRAWINGS OF SKELETAL, MUSCULAR, NERVOUS,
AND VASCULAR SYSTEMS
MOST ACCURATE SKETCH OF THE SPINAL
VERTEBRAE
TREATMENTS
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OFTEN CRUDE
RELIED ON MEDICINAL
PROPERTIES OF PLANTS,
ANIMALS AND OTHER
SUBSTANCES
– MANY PLAGUES AND ILLNESSES
COMMON ILLNESSES
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MALARIA=PARASITE IN RBC FROM MOSQUITO
DIPHTHERIA
TUBERCULOSIS=INFECTIOUS LUNG DISEASE
TYPHOID=FROM UNSANITARY/CONGESTED CONDITIONS
DYSENTERY
LEPROSY
VENEREAL DISEASE
SMALLPOX
BUBONIC PLAGUE=RAT AND GROUND SQUIRREL BITES
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HIGH DEGREE OF DEATH
CONTRIBUTIONS TO MEDICINE
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19TH CENTURY MADE LARGE
PROGRESS THROUGH TWO
DISCOVERIES
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ANESTHESIA FOR PAIN
BACTERIA CAUSES DISEASE
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ASEPSIS=ABSENCE OF PATHOGENS
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IS IMPORTANT IN REDUCING INFECTION
CONTRIBUTORS TO MEDICINE
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LOUIS PASTEUR
JOSEPH LISTER
ROBERT KOCH
EDWARD JENNER
JONAS SALK AND SABIN
BANTING AND BEST
RENE LAENNEC
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WILHELM ROENTGEN
ELIZABETH ANDERSON
CLARA BARTON
FLORENCE
NIGHTINGALE
ALEXANDEER FLEMING
ELIZABETH BLACKWELL
KEY TERMS
PLURALISTIC
PHARMACOPEIA
ACUPUNCTURE
MOXIBUSTION
MALARIA
TUBERCULOSIS
TYPHOID
BUBONIC PLAGUE
ASEPSIS
APPLICATION
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CHOOSE A PERSON FROM THE LIST
MENTIONED IN CLASS AND WRITE A 1-2 PAGE
PAPER AND GIVE A 10 MINUTE
PRESENTATION
PAPER CONTENTS
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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION OF THE PERSON
WHAT THEY CONTRIBUTED TO MEDICAINE IN THE
19TH CENTURY
HOW THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO MEDICINE AFFECTS
LIFE TODAY