https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38 A Timeline of the 20 Most Important Events in Health Care History en-us 2018-06-09 18:20:56 UTC 2025-10-10 01:48:10 UTC hello@padlet.com ridha5703 https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266429052 This event was important because it showed the  initial and earliest emergence of health care awareness. Historians and health care professionals can look read these records and understand what people in the Ancient Times understood about health care.

]]> 2018-06-09 20:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266429052 ridha5703 https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266429073 This event was important because it shows how people from the Ancient Times understood enough about the effects of diseases  that they were able to treat them with herbal medicines. These medicines also shows the first instances of recording cures for medical conditions and leaving them for other or future peoples.

]]> 2018-06-09 20:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266429073 ridha5703 https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266429093 Hippocrates was an essential figure in the history of health care; he was even called the "Father of Medicine." Hippocrates made many contributions to health science, including developing a method to examine the human body, creating the Oath of Hippocrates, and more. Some of the practices that Hippocrates developed, such as the Oath of Hippocrates, are still in use today by physicians.]]> 2018-06-09 20:02:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266429093 ridha5703 https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266429148 This event is important in healthcare history because it led to the end of the Dark Ages as a result of the weakening of serfdom, and a rebirth of health sciences during the Renaissance. This ultimately led to more health care innovations in human health history.]]> 2018-06-09 20:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266429148 ridha5703 https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266430253 Rhazes was an Arab physician that became known as the Arab Hippocrates for his discoveries, which included basing the diagnoses on observations of various symptoms and diseases, using animal gut for sutures, and more. This event is thereby important because it shows an increased number of discoveries by a single person, which led to more innovations that benefited health care today.]]> 2018-06-09 20:30:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266430253 ridha5703 https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266430303 This event is important because it shows how people wanted increased knowledge and expertise in dealing with health and diseases. The formation of these universities thereby shows an increase of teaching and knowledge to physicians.]]> 2018-06-09 20:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266430303 ridha5703 https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266430330 This event is important because it allowed people to further understand the internal workings of the human body. This also led doctors to better diagnose different conditions and how they affected the human body. Additionally, this event shows a shying away from previous religious traditions and their influence on health care, as most religions forbade the dissection of the human body.]]> 2018-06-09 20:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266430330 ridha5703 https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266430354 Chairs were individuals that held positions of authority in universities and colleges. This event is thereby important because it shows how increasing importance was placed on medicine in large universities, leading to new discoveries in the health science field.]]> 2018-06-09 20:32:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266430354 ridha5703 https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266430395 This event is important because scientists were now able to see organisms that were too small to see with the naked eye. This eventually led to the discovery of the fact that microorganisms cause disease.]]> 2018-06-09 20:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266430395 ridha5703 https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266430446 This event is important because it signifies how institutions sprang up in order to prescribe and sell medicine. This eventually led to pharmacies, which are still around today to sell medicine from a trusted area.]]> 2018-06-09 20:34:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266430446 ridha5703 https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266430487 This event is important because it shows one of the more successful methods for curing a pandemic without using herbal medications. This discovery also shows a greater understanding of the fact that microorganisms can be used to fight disease.
 

]]> 2018-06-09 20:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266430487 ridha5703 https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266431181 This event is important because it shows how females became increasingly involved in the health care profession.]]> 2018-06-09 20:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266431181 ridha5703 https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266431401 This event is important because it shows how health care was provided to more people in areas of need, which is beneficial. The fact that a woman created the formation of the organization also shows how there is increased female participation in the health care field.]]> 2018-06-09 20:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266431401 ridha5703 https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266431727 This event is important because it finallyl gives a cause for diseases, which health care professionals had been searching for years: that pathogenic microorganisms caused disease. This discovery was based off other previous discoveries, such as the invention of the microscope.

]]> 2018-06-09 21:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266431727 ridha5703 https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266431877 This event is important because it shows how health care expanded to assist care for mental conditions rather than just physical conditions. This led to a widening of the health care field.]]> 2018-06-09 21:07:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266431877 ridha5703 https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266431991 This event is important because it shows how health care was attempted to be given to everyone. In other words, it became the status quo that all people receive the same quality health care no matter what.]]> 2018-06-09 21:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266431991 ridha5703 https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266432027 This event is important because it changed the way people thought about inheritance and genetic information. Additionally, this discovery led to increased research into genetic engineering and gene therapy, which is still occurring today.]]> 2018-06-09 21:11:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266432027 ridha5703 https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266432190 This event is important because it shows how increased innovations and discoveries in the health science field have led to the ability of using stem cells to treat disease, rather than herbal medications or vaccinations. This discovery was based on the previous discovery that DNA is the genetic basis of all life on Earth.]]> 2018-06-09 21:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266432190 ridha5703 https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266432232 Da Vinci was the first robot that was used in surgeries that required small incisions. The approval of Da Vinci in surgeries shows how technological innovations have paved the way for increased efficiency and convenience in the health care field.]]> 2018-06-09 21:16:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266432232 ridha5703 https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266432280 This event is important because it shows one of the more recent innovations of the 21st century, the time period in which we currently live. Additionally, this event shows how advanced the health care field has become, so that artificial hearts can be successfully implanted into patients and be able to function correctly.]]> 2018-06-09 21:17:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ridha5703/1xghj77zux38/wish/266432280