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Medical and technical developments600 BCEThe earliest record of wheeled furnitureis an inscription on a stone slate in Chinaand a child’s bed depicted in a frieze ona Greek vase.525 CEImages of wheeled chairs madespecifically to carry people begin toappear in Chinese art.1100sAnimal horns are adopted as ahearing device.1200sThe Belgian villageof Gheel supportspeople with mentalillness in familycare settings, andprovides vocationalopportunities.1200sKing Louis IX of Francefounds the world’s firstinstitution for blind people(the Quinze-Vingts hospice)in Paris.34
Medical and technical developments1200sAsylums for people with mentalillness are founded in Damascusand Aleppo.1300sSpectacles areinvented in Italy.1400sGotz vonBerlichingen, aGerman knight,creates prostheticiron hands withmoveable joints forhimself, after losingan arm in battle.1300sThe Venetian Republic founds the firstpublicly-funded health service in Europe,and requires licensed doctors to attend anannual course in anatomy, attend monthlymeetings and exchange notes on new casesand treatments.1300sA ‘madhouse’ is constructed as part of theGeorghospital in Elbing, Germany.1400sSpain has been described as the cradleof humane psychiatry because of thetreatment at asylums such as Valencia,Sargossa, Seville, Valladolid, PalmaMallorca, Toledo (the Hospital deInnocents) and Granada. Valencia, openedat the beginning of the century, is saidto have removed chains and used games,occupation, entertainment, diet andhygiene as early as 1409.35
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