1. Ancient Times * a. Believed the need to treat the body as a whole; first to record using herbs as
medications
b. Began public health, sanitation systems and the first hospitals
c. Artists Michelangelo & DaVinci studied human dissection to help with their art;
rebirth of science and medicine.
d. Believed that illness was caused by demons and spirits
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e. Emphasis was placed on saving the soul; study of medicine was prohibited
O
f. Earliest people known to maintain health records and preserve the human body
after death using embalming
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g. Believed illness was the result of natural causes and starting organizing illness by
signs & symptoms
O h. The "black death” pandemic occurred