EARLY WOUND CARE

immersing themselves
in cool water AND
applying mud
sucking stings, licking
wounds, and
exerting pressure on
wounds to stop the
bleeding.
 Disease was thought to be caused
by gods and spirits, and magic was used
to drive away evil forces.
 Tribal leaders were responsible for performing
religious ceremonies and protecting the tribe from
bad weather, poor harvests, and catastrophe.
Healing through fumigation
MESOPOTAMIANS
ANCIENT HEBREW
FOUR HUMORS
-Blood
-phlegm
-yellow bile
-Black bile
ANCIENT
CHINESE
MEDICINE
According to Nei Ching,
five methods of treatment
were available: cure the
spirit; nourish the body;
give medications; treat
the whole body; and use
acupuncture and
moxibustion
For reasons of modesty,
women in ancient China
used figurines to indicate
the location of their
symptoms.
ANCIENT GREEK MEDICINE
THOLOS
PRE HIPPOCRATIC MEDICINE
He believed that
people practicing
medicine should be
pure and holy. He
taught that one should
(1) observe all, (2)
study the patient
rather than the
disease, (3) evaluate
honestly, and (4) assist
nature.
BUBONIC PLAGUE

an infection of the
lymphatic system,
usually resulting from
the bite of an infected
flea
RENAISSANCE PERIOD
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
JOHN HUNTER
NINE TEENTH CENTURY
20TH CENTURY
21ST CENTURY
 HEALTH “a state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being, and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity

DISEASE “PATTERN OF RESPONSE

OF A LIVING ORGANISM TO SOME
FORM OF INJURY”

mortality -death rate

morbidity-occurrence of disease or conditions