It is still a mystery
that since when we inhabited this planet and from where did the human race
evolve. But we now believe that our
species has a history of more than ten thousand years based on various dating
techniques and material decay studies. Human life has always been valued and
caring of the sick by other members of the community is practised. From the
time when different herbs were used empirically to treat ailments before the
Chriatian era to today where we witness heart, lung and liver transplants, Lobotomy,
Septal myectomy, Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) and many more, numerous advancements
in the field of health and medicine can be acknowledged. Since the Hippocratic
time, many breakthroughs were made at different points of time. After training
of physicians began in early 13th century in Italy, healthcare was systematized.
The invention of microscope in the 17th century , postulation of ‘The Germ
Thoery of Disease’ in the 19th century, discovery of antibiotics, invention of
X-rays and use of ultrasonography in medicine, all these accelerated the
medical field towards its ‘post-modern’ era.
