The History of Medicine - Historical Curiosities — Transcript

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1. 0:00the history of medicine began years ago
2. 0:02with the healing and treatment of
3. 0:04disease it has always been a Mainstay of
4. 0:06human life since the earliest humans
5. 0:09medicine has constantly evolved shaped
6. 0:11by technological breakthroughs
7. 0:13scientific discoveries and cultural
8. 0:15changes we can preemptorily state that
9. 0:18Humanity has only been able to evolve
10. 0:20thanks to medicine and its ability to
11. 0:22combat disease and illness the earliest
12. 0:25documents on medical practices are more
13. 0:27than 4 000 years old with evidence found
14. 0:30at archaeological sites in Egypt and
15. 0:32Mesopotamia aspiring Physicians use
16. 0:35plants minerals and other materials to
17. 0:38treat illness and injury often using
18. 0:40religious rituals in their treatments
19. 0:42among the earliest known medical texts
20. 0:45are the Edwin Smith Papyrus from the
21. 0:4717th century BC and the ebers Papyrus
22. 0:50from the 16th century BC describing
23. 0:52multiple diseases in their treatments
24. 0:54the texts were found in excavations in
25. 0:57ancient Egypt and named after the
26. 0:59researchers
27. 1:00Edwin Smith was an American Antiquities
28. 1:03dealer and collector George ebers a
29. 1:06German egyptologist and novelist ancient
30. 1:08Greece had a lasting impact on the
31. 1:10history of medicine a Greek name
32. 1:12Hippocrates often known as the father of
33. 1:15medicine was born on the island of coast
34. 1:17in 460 BC he believed that diseases had
35. 1:20natural causes and that Physicians
36. 1:23should understand environmental
37. 1:24conditions and Lifestyles as factors the
38. 1:27medical writings of Hippocrates known as
39. 1:30the Corpus hippocraticum are the Bedrock
40. 1:32of modern medicine among them is the
41. 1:35world's famous Hippocratic Oath a solemn
42. 1:38oath that Physicians traditionally take
43. 1:39when they complete their higher medical
44. 1:41training this includes several promises
45. 1:44among them the protection of human life
46. 1:46the preservation of medical
47. 1:48confidentiality the intent to never
48. 1:50intentionally harm patients and a
49. 1:52commitment to education and continuous
50. 1:54Improvement in their medical practice
51. 1:56ancient Rome also had a considerable
52. 1:59influence on the history of Medicine
53. 2:01Galen a Greek physician who lived in
54. 2:03Rome was an advocate of observation and
55. 2:06experimentation
56. 2:07he performed dissections on animals and
57. 2:10established an advanced understanding of
58. 2:12human anatomy his Works profoundly
59. 2:14influenced Medical Practice in the
60. 2:15Western and Eastern world
61. 2:18in the Middle Ages medicine was often
62. 2:20practiced by monks and Priests who
63. 2:23commonly treated illnesses with prayer
64. 2:25and religious rituals
65. 2:26but developments in these areas such as
66. 2:29pharmacology surgery and Anatomy kept
67. 2:32occurring
68. 2:33the Persian physician avicina wrote the
69. 2:36Canon of medicine in the 11th century
70. 2:38one of the most influential medical
71. 2:40texts in history medical Knowledge from
72. 2:43the Middle Ages was also preserved and
73. 2:46developed by Islamic scholars who
74. 2:48translated ancient texts and carried out
75. 2:50research in fields such as plastic
76. 2:52surgery and Ophthalmology the
77. 2:54Renaissance period renewed interests in
78. 2:56medicine and science Physicians such as
79. 2:59Andreas fasalius performed dissections
80. 3:02on humans finding accurate information
81. 3:04on the human body's Anatomy William
82. 3:07Harvey discovered blood circulation in
83. 3:101628. there were also significant
84. 3:12breakthroughs in Pharmacology
85. 3:14discovering new drugs and chemicals to
86. 3:16treat diseases the 19th century was a
87. 3:19period of great leaps forward in
88. 3:21medicine with many new treatments and
89. 3:23Technologies in 1847 ignas simowice
90. 3:27discovered that hand washing could
91. 3:28prevent disease transmission a
92. 3:30significant breakthrough in preventing
93. 3:32hospital and actions Louis Pasteur
94. 3:35discovered the existence of microbes and
95. 3:38the relationship between these organisms
96. 3:40and pathologies helping to lay the
97. 3:42foundation for microbiology and
98. 3:44Immunology
99. 3:45anesthesia also made it possible to
100. 3:47perform more complex surgeries and
101. 3:49significantly reduce the associated pain
102. 3:51and suffering
103. 3:53in the 20th century medicine underwent
104. 3:55major transformations in many areas
105. 3:57including genetics pharmacology surgery
106. 4:00and medical technology Alexander
107. 4:03Fleming's discovery of penicillin in
108. 4:051928 began a new era in the fight
109. 4:08against infectious diseases saving
110. 4:10millions of lives
111. 4:12Imaging techniques such as computerized
112. 4:14tomography and magnetic resonance
113. 4:16imaging made it possible to see inside
114. 4:18the human body helping to diagnose
115. 4:21diseases and injuries
116. 4:23gene therapy with modification to
117. 4:25individuals DNA to treat genetic
118. 4:27diseases also began to be developed in
119. 4:30the late 20th century in the 21st
120. 4:32century medicine has continued to evolve
121. 4:35rapidly with strides in such areas such
122. 4:37as nanotechnology artificial
123. 4:39intelligence and biotechnology new
124. 4:43treatments for diseases such as cancer
125. 4:45and autoimmune diseases are being
126. 4:47developed personalized medicine which
127. 4:49considers individual differences in
128. 4:51genes environment and lifestyle is
129. 4:54increasingly common
130. 4:56the recent Global Health crisis in 2020
131. 4:58stressed the ongoing importance of
132. 5:00medical research and Innovation
133. 5:02scientists and doctors have worked
134. 5:04tirelessly to develop effective vaccines
135. 5:07and treatments for disease the history
136. 5:09of medicine is made up of discoveries
137. 5:11Innovations and meaningful progress that
138. 5:14has shaped the way we treat and prevent
139. 5:16disease from the earliest methods in
140. 5:18ancient times to the technological and
141. 5:20medical breakthroughs of today medicine
142. 5:22has constantly evolved saving and
143. 5:25improving the quality of life for
144. 5:27millions of people around the world
145. 5:30[Music]
146. 5:44thank you