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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria
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The use of the scientific method begins
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Egyptian Papyrus
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Frenchwoman Jacoba Felice tries to practice medicine but is denied.
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Attributed health and illness to the gods natural remedies, medicine and religion frequently intertwined
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Aesculapius Greek god of healing
Caduceus is the symbol of medicine -
Greek book of epidemics
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Hippocratic Oath
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Galen; Tracheotomy
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Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles
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Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick
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Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas
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Edward Jenner discovered first vaccination
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Ignaz Semmelweis shows importance of hand washing
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Salk discovers polio vaccine
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HMO declares smallpox eradicated
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Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment
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Robert Hooks- reflective microscope
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John Snow stops outbreak of Cholera
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AZT is used to combat AIDS
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Louis Pasteur pasteurization of milk
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Joseph Lister- practice of medical asepsis
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Robert Knoch- discovery of pathogens
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Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity
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Bubonic Plague hits San Fransisco
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First HMO insurance
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Alexander Flaring discovers penicillin
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Managed health care; growth in uninsured
