EVOLUTION OF MEDICINE

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  • 4000 BCE

    Discovery of medicine

    Discovery of medicine
    Medicine was discovered around 4.000 a.C.
  • 3000 BCE

    Ancient Egyptians

    Ancient Egyptians
    Physicians were priest.
    Health Records were first recorded by the ancient Egyptians.
    Bloodletting or leeches were used as medical treatment.
    Average life span was 20-30 years.
  • 1700 BCE

    Ancient Chinese

    Ancient Chinese
    Believed in the need to treat whole body by curing the spirit and nourishing the body,
    Recorded a pharmacopoeia of medications based mainly on the use of herbs.
    Used therapies such as acupuncture.
    Began to search for medical reasons for illness.
  • 1530

    Syphilis

    Syphilis
    The Italian physician Girolamo Fracastoro showed that syphilis was a disease transmitted by sexual contact.
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  • Blood transfusion

    Blood transfusion
    The first successful blood transfusion was performed by a British physician, who performed the operation between two dogs.

  • Cancer and tumor

    Cancer and tumor
    Dr. Percival Polt pointed out the association between scrotal cancer and the presence of coal dust on clothing and skin. He concluded that the tumor was caused by the permanence of coal dust between the folds of the scrotum.

  • Smallpox vaccine

    Smallpox vaccine
    The smallpox vaccine was the first vaccine ever discovered. The credit goes to Edward Jenner, who in 1796 isolated smallpox from cows and used them as a successful vaccine. Timetoast

  • Silkworm disease

    Silkworm disease
    The Italian doctor Agostino Bassi, described that a fungus produced the silkworm disease, known as "calcinacio or muscardine".

  • Anesthesia

    Anesthesia
    Anesthesia was discovered, which marked a turning point in modern medicine. Until that date, most of the patients died on the operating room table, due to the pain and trauma produced by the pain.
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  • First female medical specialist

    First female medical specialist
    Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first American women to earn a medical degree. She studied obstetrics and gynecology at the Geneva Medical College in New York. Timetoast

  • Germ theory

    Germ theory
    The most important breakthrough in the germ theory came when John Snow linked an outbreak of cholera to an infant's diapers containing the germ.
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  • Microorganisms

    Microorganisms
    Louis Patsuer realizes that microorganisms such as bacteria and virus are responsible for many human and animal illnesses. He then proceeds to discover the bacteria and viruses responsible for for different diseases such as cholera and scurvies.
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  • Sale of Drugs

    Sale of Drugs
    The sale of certain drugs was restricted by law. These drugs included heroin and marijuana. now, they were only aloud to be used for severe medical cases.
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  • X-rays

    X-rays
    X-rays were discovered by accident. Its inventor was Wilhelm Conrad Röntge, who discovered that his cathode ray tube could produce some unusual images.
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  • Diabetes

    Diabetes
    It was the year in which a solution was officially found for diabetes, one of the diseases that causes the most deaths in developed countries.
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  • Penicillin

    Penicillin
    The scientist Fleming in 1940 discovers Penicillin, this discovery comes from a research 20 years earlier.
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  • Measles, mumps, rubella

    Measles, mumps, rubella
    The combined vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella was registered by Maurice Hilleman.
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