History of Medicine

• Mesopotamia - asipu(healer priest), treatments for royal oilments and therapeutic methods using herbs and rituals.
• Egypt- Imhotep, pioneering gynecological knowledge from kahun and herbal medicine exemplified by Paseshet.
• Inida- Rich surgical knowledge in sushruta samhita and unani medicine.
• China- traditional practices like acupuncture, herbal remedies, therapy for body's balance energy.
• Rome and Greece - galen, hippocrates, herophilus, and erasistratus.
• Early Civilizations of the history of medicine:

  Mesopotamia, egypt, india, china, roma and greece.
• Middle Ages of the history of medicine:

  byzantine empire and sassand empire, islamic world, europe, and humors.
• Modern:

  • Laparassopic surgery
  • CRISPR gene editing
  • mRNA vaccine
• Post World War 2:

  • open-heart surgery
  • organ transplants
  • Polio vaccine
• 19th century - anesthesia ( ether and chloroform )
• 20th Century - Discovery of penicillin by A. Fleming
• 2 Encomprised areas:

  • pharmacology
  • treatment
• Spanish Flu Epidemic - Massive vaccination campaigns and limited antiviral treatments.
• Renaissance- Andreas Vesalius pioneered "De Human Corporis Fabrica"
• Byzantine Empire and Sassand Empire - early attempts of separating conjoined twins.
• Islamic World - medical scholarship, including advancements of surgery and pharmocology.
• Europe - Mondino de Luzzi's first anatomy book and contributions from Wallis.
• Humor- Dominant medical theory emphasizing bodily balance through 4 humors ( blood, phlegm, bile (yellow and black).