The ENTIRE History of Medicine in 10 Minutes | From Herbs to CRISPR

Discover the ENTIRE history of medicine in 12 minutes, from prehistoric care and ancient surgery to germ theory, penicillin, and CRISPR gene editing. Learn how humanity unlocked the secrets of life and doubled global lifespan. For 300,000 years, human survival hung by a single thread of blood and infection. This video covers the complete timeline of medical breakthroughs, global plagues, and biological discoveries that built modern healthcare. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Introduction: The Thread of Survival 00:32 - 300,000 BC: Prehistoric Tribal Care &Healed Fossils 01:14 - 3000 BC: Ancient Egyptian Surgery & Papyrus Scrolls 01:53 - 400 BC: Hippocrates & The Four Humors 02:35 - 800 AD: Islamic Golden Age & World's First Hospitals 03:18 - 1347 AD: The Black Death & Origin of Quarantine 04:00 - 1543 AD: Vesalius, Microscopes & Microscopic World 04:47 - 1796 AD: Edward Jenner & The First Vaccine 05:31 - 1846 AD: Ether Anesthesia & Antiseptic Surgery 06:25 - 1870s AD: Germ Theory &Discovery of Penicillin 07:14 - 1953 AD: DNA Double-Helix & Smallpox Eradication 07:52 - Today: CRISPR Gene Editing &Modern Lifespan TAGS: history of medicine, history of disease, entire history of medicine, medicine history explained, vaccines, black death, penicillin, hippocrates, germ theory, dna discovery, crispr, medical history, human lifespan, smallpox eradication, medical breakthroughs #Medicine #History #Science SOURCES: Porter, Roy. The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity. W. W. Norton & Company, 1997. Mukherjee, Siddhartha. The Gene: An Intimate History. Scribner, 2016. World Health Organization Archives & Historical Medical Publications.