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History Of Healthcare

  • Romans
    170

    Romans

    (b.c.) Began public health and sanitation systems.
  • Period: 360 to

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  • Egyptians
    525

    Egyptians

    Earliest people know to keep accurate health records.
  • Hippocrates
    Oct 1, 600

    Hippocrates

    The father of medicine(b.c.)
  • First school of medicine
    Jan 2, 1000

    First school of medicine

    The first school of medicine was established in Salerno, Italy during the 1000s
  • Leonardo Da Vinci
    Oct 1, 1516

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    Drew disswction pictures
  • William Harvey

    William Harvey

    Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart.
  • Gabriel Fahrenheit

    Gabriel Fahrenheit

    a Dutch-German-Polish physicist, engineer, and glass blower who is best known for inventing the alcohol thermometer (1709) and the mercury thermometer (1714), and for developing a temperature scale now named after him.
  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner

    Developed a vaccine for smallpox.
  • Louis Pastuer

    Louis Pastuer

    Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria.
  • Gregory Mendel

    Gregory Mendel

    Established patterns of heredity.
  • Clara Barton

    Clara Barton

    Founded the American Red Cross
  • Joseph Lister

    Joseph Lister

    Began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery.
  • William Roentgen

    William Roentgen

    Discovered X-Ray
  • Robert Koch

    Robert Koch

    Awarded the Nobel prize for work with tuberculosis also developed a culture plate method to identify pathogens.
  • Flu epidemic

    Flu epidemic

    Flu kills more that 675,000 or more
  • Jonas Salk

    Jonas Salk

    Developed the polio vaccine.
  • The Chinese

    The Chinese

    Used Acupuncture to relieve pain and congenstion.
  • Dolly the sheep

    Dolly the sheep

    First successful cloning.
  • The Dark Ages

    The Dark Ages

    Prohibited study of medicine and put emphasis on saving the soul
  • Rhazes

    Rhazes

    An Arab physician who began the use of animal gut for suture material.