ANGELS AND DEMONS
THE INTUITIVE NURSING PERIOD
BELIEFS AND PRACTICE OF A PREHICTORIC MAN
NOMADS- RESPECT NATURE AS THE SOURCE OF SUSTENANCE SICKNESS IS CAUSED BY EVIL SPIRITS THROUGH VOODOO OR BLACK MAGIC CAN BE HEAL BY A SUBKAL [WITCH DOCTOR] USING WHITE MAGIC NURSING WAS A FUNCTION THAT BELONGS TO THE WOMEN
NURSING AT THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION
FROM NOMADIC TO AGRARIAN DEVELOP MEANS OF COMMUNICATION BEGINNING OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY NURSING IS THE DUTY OF SLAVES, WOMEN CARE OF THE SICK IS BASED ON RELIGION, MAGIC AND SUPERSTITION BIRTH OF RELIGION
BABILONIA
THE FIRST WALLED CITY FOUNDED BY NIMROD THE GREAT HUNTER CODE OF HAMMURABI- Provide laws on: a. medical regulations b. medical fees c. discourage experimentation d. recommends doctor e. give patient’s right to choose f. no mention of nurses
THE FERTILE CRESENT
THE CREADLE OF CIVILIZATION IN BETWEEN TIGRIS AND EUPRATES THE BIRTHPLACE OF AGRICULTURE THE END O F NOMADIC LIFESTYLE LEADING TO ADJUSTMENT IN HEALTH CONCERN
EGYPT
IMNOTEHP [JOSEPH] FATHER OF MEDICINE – archeological findings performs the first orthoepedic surgery Record 250 known disease Introduce the art of embalming There was no9 mention of hospitala or nurses but latest archeological findings shows field hospitals for pyramid workers
ISRAEL
MOSES the Father of Sanitation LEVITICUS the book of aseptic technique Introduce the importance of HAND WASHING Introduce the Kosher Diet Introduce the Ritual of Circumcision NURSES are called as Midwives, wet nurses, child nurses
CHINA
BELIEF IN THE TSI BELIEVES IN THE REGULATION OF THE YING AND YANG PROMOTES GOOD HEALTH FOUNDED ACUPANCTURE GAVE THE WORLD MATERIA MEDICA [PHARMACOLOGY] CARE OF THE SICK IS DONE BY THE FEMALE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD
SOUTHEAST ASIA
A STRONG BELIEF IN THE SPIRIT WORLD ILLNESS IS CAUSE BY EVIL SPIRIT OR A WITCH ILLNESS ARE TREATED TROUGH MEDIATION WITH THE SPIRIT WORLD HERBAL MEDICINES ARE PART OF THE HEALING REGIMEN FOODS ARE CONSIDERED AS A WAY OF HEALING
INDIA
MEN OF MEDICINE BUILT HOSPITALS PRACTICE ASEPSIS PROFICIENT IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY SUSHURUTU WRITE THE QUALIFICATION AND FUNCTIONS OF NURSES NURSES TOOK CARE OF PATIENTS THROUGH MASSAGE AND NUTRITION
PRE-HISPANIC PHILIPPINES
HEADHUNTING WAS A COMMON PRACTICE AS PASSAGE TO MANHOOD ILLNESS ARE BELIEVED TO BE CAUSE BY SPIRITS ANITOS , NATURES SPIRITS ENGKANTOS HEALING IS DONE BY THE VILLAGE HEALER [SUBKAL] THROUGH CEREMONY [BUGA] AND HERBS[TAPAL]
ANCIENT GREECE
NURSING WAS THE TASK OF AN UNTRAINED SLAVE INTRODUCED CADUCEUS THE MEDICAL PROFESSION INSIGNIA HIPPOCRATES THE FATHER OF SCIENTIFIC MEDICINE REJECT THE BELIEF THAT DISEASE IS SUPERNATURAL IN ORIGIN DEVELOP ASSESSMENT OF CLIENTS
ANCIENT ROME
TRANSITION FROM PAGANISM TO CHRISTIANISM ROMANS MAINTAIN HEALTH AS SICKNESS IS A SIGN OF WEAKNESS CARE OF THE SICK IS GIVEN TO GREEK PHYSICIAN AND SLAVES FABIOLA INTRODUCED THE FIRST HOSPITAL TO THE CHRISTIAN WORLD