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Historical overview of

nursing



Nursing in the ancient cultures

Fundamental needsessential for survivalincluded nourishment,

shelter and procreation.

Illness and injury

threatened survival, andtherefore were a concernof everyone in the society



The Sumerian Culture:

souls haunted thebody, so they

worshiped these soulsas they were afraid of them.

Priests were thedoctors and treat patients in temples.



The Babylonian Culture

medical team: doctor, thenurse and the chemist

Medical cost Temples: hospitals

Punishment: crimes

Believed in the theory of

bad souls.



P ersians Culture:

They put rules for theregistration of death andbirth cases.

The usage of surgery.

The usage of medical

herbs.

The usage of holy words.



Egyptians Culture

built reservoirs to keepwater to prevent spread

of diseases. They built pyramids.

They inventedmummification.

They treated injures andbreaks of the body.

They put descriptions formany diseases



C hin ese Culture

Treating by prickingneedles (Acupuncture)

Used of narcotics during

surgery. Discovered pulsation and

its changes that takeplace in the body.

Used of cauterization andmassage



Crusaders wars hors emen period:

Some of the bad conditions at that time were:

Food was insufficient.

A weakness in resistance of people towardsdiseases.

There was a lack of money and hospitals except

hospitals built by the ancient Christians.



Nature of Nursing in 18century:

1. Nurses had not got any education or

training and they did not like the work.

2. Nurses were not able to read or write.

3. They were nurses and housekeepers.



Nursing in the Christian period:

heathens Military hospitals



Christian religions say:

All Human beings arebrothers and humanshould give the best

he can to help others



3 Women in the Roman Period

SAINT FABIOLA

Established first freehospital in ROME

Saint Marcella

Established first church of nuns

Saint Paulina

First one to teachnursing



NURSING and Medicine in ISLAMICPeriod

translated heritage of Apothecary and Gallenos into Arabic language as theywere very important in the field of scienceand medicine.

translated the Indian medicine books a



Surgeries made:

Eye Operation Glands operation



. Teeth medicine. Use of Drugs



public Islamic showers

To promote hygiene



The Golden Age of ArabianMedicine:

age of pros perity and progress formedicine, it focus ed on:

a) Description of the illness and its cure.

b) Manufacturing drugs.

c) Hospital managements.

d) Examining doctors before they are allowed to

start working. e) Giving the patient some money after

reconverting so as not to work after his cure.



Arab Doctors in the Islamic Age

Alrazy

wrote a book called

Alhawy where hedescribed all diseases likethe head pain and thecures; chicken pox andmeasles



Arab Doctors in the Islamic Age

E bn Sina His book is called Alkanon

studied pulsation and its relation with psychological

factors.

E bn Alnafees

smallest blood circulation and was excellent in thescience of the parts of the body.



Some of the Muslim women who offered help in Nursing and who shared in wars:

1. Rufaidah Bent Saad Al Aslamia

-encourage and helped the soldiers

2. Nusaibah Bent Kaab Al Mazeniah (Urn Emarah)

-has a significant role in T hai Red Cross

3. U m Senan

-she fought with the army as a nurse



DARK AGES for NURSING

Criminals Prostitutes



NURSING in Arab Countries

Egypt -pioneerednursing

Period of Mohammed Ali

Reason: need foreducated housewives



SAUDI ARABIA In Saudi Arabia, applying

for nursing was lowerthan other countriesbecause customs andtraditions do not allow agirl to study and to doactivities, but nowadaysthere are so manyschools for nursing inSaudi Arabia, there is a

faculty inR

iyadhUniversity givesbachelor degree innursing.



Syria

Lebanon

Iraq Sudan

Qatar

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