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Believed that diseases were caused by supernatural spirits and preformed exorcisms to try and get rid of the disease. -
Used exorcism to try and heal them and try and remove the cranium from the brain which was thought to also exorcise demons. -
Digitalis and is given in pill form, used to treat hear conditions. Quinine comes from a tree, used for controlling fever, muscle spams and can prevent malaria. Belladonna and atropine are from a nightshade plant, to relive muscle pain. Morphine comes from opium poppy, used for severe pain. -
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Were the earliest people to keep legit health records, called the gods to help them, priests were their physicians and used medicines to heal -
Used stone tools to start out with acupuncture, still used today -
Determined that many diseases has natural causes instead of spirits, did not allow people to be dissected due to religious reasons, wrote the ethics that doctors use today. -
Created cleaner waterways, 1st civilization to organize medical care like sending physicians to war to help the wounded, created rooms and buildings for sick people to stay at and be cared for at. -
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When the Huns took over the Roman Empire all medicine stopped, only preformed in convents and monasteries. -
Prayer, they believed that God would make the right decision -
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The Bubonic Plague, Smallpox, Diphtheria, Syphilis, and Tuberculosis were very popular during this time. -
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Restarting researching medicine again -
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Studied the anatomy of the body -
Discovered the fallopian tubes -
Discovered the tube that leads from the throat to the ear -
Discovered the circulatory system and how it works -
Invented the microscope and germs -
The first pharmacies -
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Discovered bifocals and found that colds can be passed from person to person -
Attended lectures, observed patients bedside, dissected bodies -
Discovered oxygen, respiration, and the plants ability to “breath” -
Discovered method of vaccination for smallpox -
Invented the stethoscope -
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Took 38 soldiers to fight Chloera and was known for her dedication to nursing -
Found the cause of puerperal fever -
Known as the Father of Microbiology and discovered microorganisms -
Discovered that few diseases are caused by microorganisms -
Learned about Pastuers discovery and used carbolic acid on wounds to kill germs -
Discovered asepsis -
Discovered disease causing organisms -
Discovered the effect of medicine on microorganisms -
Discovered x-rays and how it works -
Before 1925, physicians would use herbs, chokers, or even chloroform to try and put the patient in the least amount of pain possible. -
Discovered that penicillin can kill very bad bacteria and was considered the one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century -
Discovered the conscious and unconscious part of the brain -
Discovered sulfonamide compounds that are effective in killing bacteria -
Discovered that a dead polio virus would cause immunity to poliomyelitis -
Used live polio virus vaccine which was shown to be more successful and is used today -
Discovered the molecular structure of DNA -
Did the first successful heart transplant -
Does surgeries like separating twins and preforming hemispherectomies and help seizures from happening -
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Doctors and people are becoming more aware about mental health instead of physical health. -
Surgeons are coming up with ways to keep the patient more safe than before by using noninvasive techniques like probes -
Doctors are using this to make appointments, diagnosis and treatment services more efficiently -
The possibility to delete a disease through genes -
Advances in technology is making it easier to preform surgeries on an unborn fetus that is still growing in the womb to help it survive