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Digitalis comes from a plant. It is used to help heart conditions
Quinine comes from the bark of trees. It controls fevers and relives muscle spasms, and helps prevent malaria.
Belladonna and atropine are made from poisonous nightshade plants. They relive muscle spams, especially in gastrointestinal pain.
Morphine is made from opium poppy. It is a medication to help stop severe pain. -
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Egyptians were the earliest people to keep health records.
In the Egyptian culture, the priest acted like a physician.
They used medicines to heal diseases, learned the art of splinting fractures, and treated disorders by bloodletting with the use of leeches. -
They learned to treat a variety of illness and disease with stone tools. Which then developed into the Chinese acupuncture. -
They were the first to study the causes of disease and to determine that illnesses may have natural, rather than spiritual causes.
Durning ancient times, religious custom did not allow bodies to be dissected.
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They found that some diseases were caused by lack of sanitation. Then developed a sanitation system.
The Roman’s were first to organize medical care. They were the first to provide medical equipment for soldiers.
Romans created hospitals. Public building were provided for the sick. Physicians were paired by the Roman government. -
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When the Roman Empire was conquered by the Huns the study of medical science stopped. For a period of 1,000 years, medicine was practiced only in convents and monasteries. -
The primary treatment was prayer. Medicines consisted of herbal mixtures, and care was custodial. -
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Terrible epidemics caused millions of deaths during this period. -
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The Renaissance period saw the rebirth of learning. During this period, new scientific progress began, like:
The building of universities and medical schools for research
The acceptance of dissection of the body for study
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Leonardo da Vinci and recorded the anatomy of the body. See da Vincis depiction of the human body.
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Gabriele discovered the fallopian tubes of the female anatomy.
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Bartolommeo discovered the tube leading from the ear to the throat.
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William Harvey used his knowledge to understand physiology and he was able to describe the circulation of blood and pumping of the heart.
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Antonie invented the microscope, establishing that there is life smaller than the eye can see.
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Apothecaries, early pharmacies, started in this time
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His discoveries include bifocals, he found that colds could be passed from person to person
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Students not only attended lectures in the classroom and laboratories, but also observed patients in bed.
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Discovered the element oxygen. He also observed that plants refresh air that has lost oxygen.
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Discovered a method of vaccination for smallpox.
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Invented the Stethoscope. It was made of wood.
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Identified the cause for childbed fever
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She volunteered at hospitals and helped soldiers hurt while at war
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Known as the father of microbiology. Discovered that the tiny microorganisms were everywhere.
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Discovered that some that some diseases were caused by microorganisms
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Learned about Pasteurs discovery that microorganisms cause infection.
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Devolved asepsis
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Discovered many diseases-causing organisms
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Discovered the effect of medicine on disease causing microorganisms
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Discovered X-rays in 1895
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In the early 19 centuries surgery was preformed on patients without anesthesia. They used herbs and other medicines.
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Found that penicillian killed life threatening bacteria.
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Discovered the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind.
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Discovered sulfonamide compounds.
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Discovered that a dead polio virus would cause immunity to poliomyelitis
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Used a live polio virus vaccine, which is more effective.
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Discovered the molecule structure for DNA, based on its known double helix
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Preformed the first successful heart transplant
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A pioneer in separating Siamese Twins and preforming hemispherectomies
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- Lisinopril is the generic drug name for Zestril. It is a blood pressure medication in the angiotensin converting enzyme
- levothyroxine (Synthroid). This medication is an artificial form of thyroxine, a hormone that comes from the thyroid gland
- Statin therapies, such as atorvastatin,are the first-line treatment option for high cholesterol.
- Metformin is a diabetes medication
- Omeprazole.A proton pump inhibitor lowers the amount of acid that the cells in the stomach lining produce.
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