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- DIGITALIS, is a heart medication.
- QUININE, is used to treat malaria.
- BELLADONNA AND ATROPINE, are used to treat heart rate problems.
- MORPHINE, is a pain medication.
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Kept health records on papyrus, doctors were priests, believed in magic and medicine. -
Developed acupuncture using needles to treat pain and balance energy.
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Believed illness had natural causes, did dissections, Hippocrates wrote medical codes.
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Built aqueducts for clean water, created hospitals, organized care for soldiers.
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Church banned medical research, thought prayer was the only cure.
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Used prayer, charms, and herbal remedies instead of science.
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Drew detailed pictures of the human body.
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Identified fallopian tubes in females.
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Discovered the Eustachian tube in the ear.
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Explained how the heart pumps blood through the body.
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Invented the microscope, first to see bacteria.
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Early drugstores, mixed and sold medicines.
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Invented bifocals, discovered colds can be passed, studied electricity.
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Doctors began training in schools instead of only apprenticeships.
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Discovered oxygen in the air.
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Created first vaccine (smallpox).
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Invented the stethoscope to listen to heart and lungs.
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Proved handwashing saved mothers from deadly infections.
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Improved sanitation in hospitals, founder of modern nursing.
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Discovered germs cause disease, made vaccines, invented pasteurization.
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Discovered viruses smaller than bacteria.
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Introduced antiseptics for surgeries to kill germs.
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Developed aseptic surgery with sterilization.
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Identified bacteria that caused tuberculosis and other diseases.
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Made the “magic bullet” drug to treat syphilis.
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Discovered X-rays.
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Made surgeries painless and safer.
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Discovered penicillin, first antibiotic.
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Father of psychology, studied unconscious mind and behavior.
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Discovered sulfa drugs (antibiotics before penicillin).
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Made first polio vaccine (injection).
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Created oral polio vaccine.
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Discovered DNA’s double helix structure.
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Performed first heart transplant.
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First to separate conjoined twins joined at the head.
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