What kinds of medical models have the history of human medical development experienced?

It has gone through the process of primitive medicine, ancient empirical medicine, modern experimental medicine and modern medicine. Ancient empirical medicine lasted for a long time, and the transformation of medical model can be divided into the following parts:

1, ancient oriental medicine has gradually accumulated a lot of valuable experience in treating diseases. According to reliable records, amputation, ophthalmology and caesarean section were performed in India in the 4th century. In Egypt, vomiting, diarrhea, diuresis, sweating and other treatments have been used for a long time, and enema is known, which actually plays a role in treating, clearing the intestine or expelling intestinal corruption.

2, ancient western medicine, ancient medicine, the original slave country was produced on both sides of the river basin. Egyptians created their own cultural undertakings in the Nile valley, Babylonians in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, Indians in the Indus and Ganges rivers, and China in the Yellow River valley.

According to Indian medicine, health is the result of the normal coordination of three living things-qi, mucus and bile. Later, the theory of "body fluid in four limbs" in Greek medicine influenced India, making the original theory of three body fluids increasing blood become the "four major" theories.

4. Medicine in Babylon and Assyria and astrology in Babylon and Assyria are closely related to medicine. They think that the structure of the body conforms to the movement of celestial bodies, and this idea that the human body is a small universe is quite similar to that in ancient China. They attach importance to the liver and regard it as the main organ of the body for divination (liver divination), and examine the liver of sacrificial animals in great detail.

Extended data:

Modern medicine experienced the foundation of 16 ~ 17 century, the systematic classification of 18 century and the great development of 19 century. The 20th century was closely combined with modern science and technology and developed into modern medicine. The characteristics of medicine in the 20th century are, on the one hand, microscopic development, such as molecular biology; On the one hand, it is macro development. In terms of macro-development, people realize that man is a whole.

Study man as a whole closely interacting with natural environment and social environment. The most outstanding achievement of basic medicine since the 20th century is the development of basic theory, which has effectively promoted clinical medicine and preventive medicine. The main reason for the development of medicine in the 20th century is the progress of natural science. The cross-integration of disciplines and specialties is one of the characteristics of modern medicine.

Baidu Encyclopedia-History of Medical Development