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People believed that illness and disease were caused by supernatural spirits and demons
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Recorded a pharmacopoeia of medications based on the use of herbs
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Began modern medical science by analyzing and observing the human body and the effects of disease
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Early hospitals developed
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Began public health and sanitation systems
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The study of medicine was prohibited
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Medical universities were developed
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Arab physicians used their knowledge of chemistry to advance pharmacology
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Rebirth of the science of medicine
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Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci used dissection to draw the human body more realistically
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The causes of diseases were still unknown
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Established scientific surgical procedures
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James Blundell performed the 1st successful blood transfusion on humans
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Florence Nightingale began the professional education of nurses
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Joseph Lister started using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery to prevent infection
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Paul developed methods to detect and differentiate between various diseases and used chemicals to eliminate microorganisms
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Francis Crick and James Watson described the structure of DNA and how it carries genetic information
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Computerized axial tomography was developed
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Adult Stem cells were used in the treatment of disease
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The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act was passed