3. Ancient Chinese * 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
e. Emphasis was placed on saving the soul; study of medicine was prohibited
f. Earliest people known to maintain health records and preserve the human body
after death using embalming
g. Believed illness was the result of natural causes and starting organizing illness by
signs & symptoms
h. The "black death” pandemic occurred