Medicine through time

1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Scientific Medicine or Experimental Medicine During this period, doctors studied and explained medical phenomena according to science. Doctors are also scientists who find and prove the pathogens, the mechanisms of disease, and make medicines that have a real effect on the pathophysiological changes. for more effective treatment. From that foundation, scientists delve deeper and deeper into the causes of disease and develop appropriate treatments. The period of Scientific Medicine or Empirical Medicine flourished in western countries, so it is often called Western Medicine. &nbsp;

+ Ancient Greek and Roman medicine appeared: Claudius Galenus (129–200/217) was a talented physician who laid the foundation for surgery on monkeys. He made many contributions to the study of the anatomy of the muscular, skeletal, joint, and nervous systems.

+ Ancient Chinese Medicine: Acupuncture was formed and developed with the introduction of the theory of yin and yang and the five elements. The famous doctors of the Han Dynasty in the early AD period published the book Shen Nong, the manuscript of the scriptures. The book synthesizes all kinds of medicinal herbs, including 365 tonics and medicines such as ephedra for asthma, mercury for skin diseases...

In a world of peace in all respects, people have established the World Health Organization (WHO) to help all people in the world have the best health. WHO plays the role of coordinating authority on international public health and health issues, WHO participates in helping member countries, WHO provides accurate information, reliable addresses In the field of human health, WHO will stand out to address pressing public health issues and human epidemics.

4.&nbsp;Modern Medicine Modern medicine is a new movement that aims to establish the most effective diagnostic and therapeutic process by means of "systematic review" and "meta-analysis" according to statistical. It develops thanks to the advancement of modern information science to help collect and analyze huge volumes of data and evidence according to standards, and then disseminate it to healthcare or curative services.

1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Spiritism Medicine Stage Spiritism Medicine is a healing phenomenon based on mystical powers. During this period, it was believed that sickness belonged to the gods. When a sick person relies on a "witch doctor" prays to the gods to cure the disease. The history in this passage is poorly documented, ambiguous. His learning during this period is posterior development and isolation. Not much information exchange, no medical school. Today, in the world, there are still many places where this stage of medicine exists, including Vietnam.

1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Empiric Medicine This is the period when brilliantly intelligent doctors in scattered parts of the world accumulate their own experiences, put those experiences into medical examination and treatment, and make the treatment more effective. They observe, gain experience, and heal on the basis of personal or passed down experience. This period flourished in the China - India region. + Ancient Egyptian medicine: During this period, Egyptian medicine was organized into specialties according to body parts such as: Ophthalmology, traumatology, embalming ... and made significant progress.

Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.

The period of French entering Indochina laid the foundation for Western medicine in Vietnam until now. This is a period of strong development in preventive medicine, preventive hygiene and development of surgical treatment for combat. The medical socialization of the preventive medicine system has developed to the villages. Medical care is constantly evolving. Up to now, the whole country has 876 hospitals, 75 nursing and rehabilitation centers, more than 1,000 general clinics and regional maternity homes, the number of patients per 100,000 people is constantly increasing. The equipment system in the hospital is increasingly modern such as magnetic resonance machine, CT Scan machine, angiography machine, extracorporeal lithotripsy machine, cobalt machine... The leading technologies of world medicine are also recognized.&nbsp;

Medicine is helping to increase life expectancy and improve people's quality of life. It is likened to the art of science. Medicine is very important and there are many things that people have not discovered yet. It is both a challenge and an advantage for future generations.

Vietnamese medicine: The medicine of our country in the feudal period was mainly traditional medicine. Vietnamese medicine and pharmacy have begun to interact with Chinese medicine: it is the Chinese who often come to get medicine in Vietnam as well as bring Vietnamese medicinal varieties to grow (such as lychee, longan, fruit, etc.) and imparted some medical knowledge. By the second century BC, there were hundreds of medicines discovered, many of which were applied to cure diseases. In addition, massage and acupressure are also used to treat diseases. Some famous Vietnamese feudal medics can be mentioned as Chu Van An ( 1292-1370), Hai Thuong Lan Ong ( real name: Le Huu Trac 1720-1791)

Great achievements of medicine Throughout the history of existence and development, humans have achieved unimaginable achievements in medicine. Notably, finding vaccines (preventing diseases such as measles, Japanese encephalitis, chickenpox, Covid 19...), finding antibiotics, organ and tissue transplants, the creation of ARV drugs prevent AIDS..