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Evil Spirits -
Tribal Ceremonies to exorcise Evil Spirits
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Digitalis, Quinine, Belladonna, Atropine, Morphine are all used in present time. Healthcare workers use these now to cure illnesses that were present in BC/BCE
- Digitalis was used for the heart
- Quinine controls fevers
- Belladonna help GI
- Morphine was used for pain -
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Egyptians were the earliest people to keep accurate health records. The priests acted as the physicians, they used medicines to heal disease
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The Ancient Chinese were the first to start acupuncture therapies, people still use this today -
The medicine of the Ancient Greeks were considered art not just a job. They believed it was more natural to become ill then spiritual. The religion custom did not allow bodies to be dissected. The Hippocrates created an Oath that physicians still use to this day -
The Romans learned from the Greeks that Sanitation and Organization Systems, they were very precise and kept everything in order. The Ancient Romans shaped what our current Healthcare field is like today. -
Discovered the effect of medication on disease
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1000 years into the Dark Age medicine or healthcare was barely studied
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Herbal Mixtures was the main source of medication since the stop of Medical Development
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Epidemics is a disease that affected many people at the same time
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Rebirth of medicine and dissection was excepted again
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The Rebirth is considered the “rebirth” of learning, there were many different developments in healthcare.
- University and medical schools became a thing
- dissections became more popular and became a known thing
- Books were published and lots more research was done -
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Leonardo Da Vinci was a many of very many talents, he was very dominate in anatomy -
Gabriele discovered fallopian tubes of the woman
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Bartolommeo discovered the tube from the ear to the throat
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William was able to describe the circulation of blood and blood flow
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He invented the Microscope
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Early pharmacies
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Franklin invented bifocals -
Students attended lectures and observed patients
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He discovered the element oxygen
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Discovered vaccination for small pox -
Invented the stethoscope
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Discovered puerpal fever
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Dedicated to nursing because of saving people from a war
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Known as “Father of Microbiology,” discovered tiny microorganisms
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Discovered diseases that were so microscopic you couldn’t see them with a microscope
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Became the first doctor to use antiseptic during a surgery
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Developed asepsis
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He isolated the bacteria that causes tuberculosis
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He discovered the effect of medicine on disease
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He discovered X-Rays
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Before the 19th century anesthesia was evolved and created -
Fleming found out that penicillin killed life threatening bacteria
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He discovered the conscious and un-conscious parts of the brain/mind
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He discovered sulfonamide compounds (medications to eat the bacteria)
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Discovered that a dead polio virus would cause immunity to poliomyelitis -
He used the first ever live polio virus vaccine -
They discovered the molecular structure of the DNA strands
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Preformed the first ever successful heart surgery
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He preformed the first ever surgery to stop brain seizures
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Now in present time there is a lot more research and a lot more schooling for future healthcare workers to make that work field very very successful
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Doctors now are often practicing Telemedicine
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There is better communication between patients and doctors for there needs -
Nurses can now provide at home care not just “in Hospital” care to patients in need -
There are way more opportunities for patients and doctors now in present time because of the huge advancements in medicine