THIS PPT CONTAINS ALL THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF MEDICINE . I.E HISTORY , MAIN BRANCHES , IMPORANT NUTRITIOUS FRUITS TO EAT ETC.

1. ADVANCEMENT IN THEADVANCEMENT IN THE
FIELD OF MEDICINEFIELD OF MEDICINE

2. CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION TO MEDICINES
• HISTORY OF MEDICINES
• DIFFERENT BRANCHES
• FACTORS AFFECTING DISEASE
• NATURE THE BEST DOCTOR

3. MEDICINES
• Medicine has existed forthousands ofMedicine has existed forthousands of
years, It was an art (an area of skill andyears, It was an art (an area of skill and
knowledge) frequently havingknowledge) frequently having
connections to the religious andconnections to the religious and
philosophical beliefs of local culture.philosophical beliefs of local culture.
Medicine encompasses a variety of healthMedicine encompasses a variety of health
care practices evolved to maintain andcare practices evolved to maintain and
restore health by the prevention andrestore health by the prevention and
treatment of illness.treatment of illness.

4. Ancient world
• Prehistoric medicine incorporated plants (herbalism)
animal parts, and minerals were used as magical
substances by priests, shamans, or medicine men.
Well-known spiritual systems include
1. Animism (the notion of inanimate objects having
spirits),
2. Spiritualism (an appeal to gods or communion with
ancestor spirits);
3. Shamanism (the vesting of an individual with mystic
powers); and
4. Divination (magically obtaining the truth).

5. • Persian polymath, Avicenna, Imhotep and Hippocrates,
has also been called the "father of medicine
Statuette of ancientStatuette of ancient
Egyptian physicianEgyptian physician
Imhotep,Imhotep,
."."
One of the book writtenOne of the book written
on medicine by imhotepon medicine by imhotep
Siena's Santa Maria dellaSiena's Santa Maria della
Scala Hospital, one ofScala Hospital, one of
Europe's oldest hospitalsEurope's oldest hospitals

6. Middle Ages
• Islamic physicians engaged in some significant
medical research. Notable Islamic medical
pioneers wrote -:
• The Canon of Medicine, considered one of the most
famous books in the history of medicine.
• Abulcasis
• Avenzoar
• Ibn al-Nafis
• Averroes

7. • Bioengineering
The use of engineering for medical purposes,
for example the use of artificial body parts, organs etc
to replace damaged ones
• cardiology
The area of medicine that deals with the heart and
the diseases that affect it
• dentistry
The study of people’s teeth and how to treat problems of
the teeth and mouth
DIFFERENT BRANCHES OFDIFFERENT BRANCHES OF
MEDICINESMEDICINES

8. • Epidemiology
The scientific study of infectious
diseases and their causes
• Genetics
The study of how the individual features
and behaviors of living things are
passed on through their genes
• Haematology
The scientific study of blood
• Neurology
The study of your nervous system
and the diseases that affect it.

9. Factors Affecting Diseases
• A number of environmental
factors influence the spread
of communicable diseases that
are prone to cause epidemics.
The most important of these
are:
1. water supply
2. sanitation facilities
3. food
4. climate.

10. Direct contact
• Person to person
• This can occur when an individual with the bacterium or virus
touches, kisses, or coughs or sneezes on someone who isn't
infected .
• Animal to person
• Being bitten or scratched by an infected animal — even a pet
— can make you sick and, in extreme circumstances, can be
fatal

11. Indirect contactIndirect contact
• Insect bites
Some germs rely on insect carriers — such asSome germs rely on insect carriers — such as
mosquitoes, fleas, lice or ticks — to move frommosquitoes, fleas, lice or ticks — to move from
host to host. These carriers are known as vectorshost to host. These carriers are known as vectors
• Risk factorsRisk factors
1.1. You're taking steroids or other medications thatYou're taking steroids or other medications that
suppress your immune systemsuppress your immune system
2.2. You have certain types of cancer or otherYou have certain types of cancer or other
disordersdisorders

12. Injecting steroid

13. NATURE: THE BEST DOCTOR
• Nature has provided us with all
colored and all nutrition full
natural foods to eat and apply.
Whether it is fruits, herbs,
vegetables, leaves, honey, spices,
flowers, Seeds , stems, roots,
trunks, branches, bushes, plants,
soil, Stones ,water

14. Some Special Fruits
• Fruitslikepomegranate, work best to
improvetheblood pictureand
hemoglobin. Juiceof Carrot and
Beetroot can turn tablesto vitality
and immunity if consumed in
appropriateproportion.

15. • AmlaAmla
After 4th year Fruit Vitamin - C, Cough ,
Diabetes, cold, Laxative, hyper acidity.
• Ashok Ashok
10 years onward Bark FlowerMenstrual Pain,
uterine, disorder, Diabetes.
• AswagandhaAswagandha
1 year Root, Leafs Restorative Tonic, stress,
nerves disorder, aphrodisiacs.
• Bael / BilvaBael / Bilva
After 4-5 year Fruit, Bark Diarrhoea,
Dysentery, Constipation .
Some Medicinal PlantsSome Medicinal Plants

16. PRESENTED BY
1.1. ARJUN RASTOGIARJUN RASTOGI