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They thought the diseases were caused by bad spirts -
They ‘treated’ the sick by trying to exorcise the evil spirits. This basically means they tried to pray the sickness away. -
They used 4 main medicines; digitalis — a medicine that came from a foxglove plant, used to treat heart conditions —, Quinine — found from cinchona trees bark used to control some sickness —, Belladonna — a medicine found in a nightshade plant that can be used to relieve GI pain —, and Morphine — found from an opium poppy, used to treat severe pain—. -
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The first people to keep accurate health records. In the Egyptian culture the Priests would act as physicians. They also called upon God to heal them. -
First people to use primitive acupuncture therapies. Learned to treat different illnesses with stone tools. -
The Ancient Greek were the first to discover that maybe the diseases might be natural. They used records to observe what could be causing illnesses. Religion prevented bodies from being dissected. Hippocrates based knowledge of anatomy off of what he could observe about the external body because dissection wasn’t used. -
The romans were the first to organize medical care: They created public buildings for the sick in which physicians were sent medical equipment to care for the sick, doctors wore beaked masks with spices at the end to help eliminate odor and the spread of disease, and the government paid the Romans for their work. -
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The church believed that life and death was in Gods hands. -
Primary treatment shifted from medicines to prayer. The limited amount of medicines they did use where herbal mixtures. -
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Millions of death caused from epidemics. The diseases (like Bubonic plague, smallpox, and tuberculosis) could not be controlled very well without much knowledge on vaccines or how diseases spread. -
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People started looking back into sickness and medical cases. Schools were built for research and dissection for the study of the body became accepted. Printing press and the publishing of books was developed further expanding research. -
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Studied and recorded the anatomy of the body. (Could draw good diagrams as an artist) -
Discovered the Fallopian tubes in the women reproductive system. -
Discover the tube that leads from the ear to the throat. Was named the Eustachian Tube. -
Was able to describe the circulation of blood and the pumping of the heart. -
Invented the microphone which established that there was life smaller than the eye could see. Found out the bacteria on teeth causes tooth decay. Germs that caused sickness were visible — not realized. -
Early pharmacy’s were started. Engaged a flourishing trade of drugs and spices in the east. -
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Discovered bifocals (glasses) and that colds could be spread. -
Students attended lectures and could observe patients at the bedside. When a patients would die they were allowed to dissect it and learn about the disease process. Resulted in a better understanding of of the causes of illness and diseases. -
Discovered the element oxygen. Discovered that plants recycle carbon into oxygen to make it usable for respiration. -
Discovered a vaccination against small-pox, this saved millions of lives. His discovery led to immunization and preventative medicine. -
Invented the stethoscope. Provided a better ability to hear the heart and lungs and determine if a disease was present. -
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Identified the cause of childbed fever which had caused many death in women after childbirth. Hand washing and cleanliness became an accepted practice. -
Florence Nightingale founded Nightingale School of Nursing which brought in many to-be nurses who then raised the standards of nursing and led nursing to be a respectable job. -
Discovered that tiny microorganisms where everywhere. Discovered the microorganisms where the cause of disease when before it was believed that they was created by disease. Pasteurization kills bacteria in milk — still used today. -
Discovered so diseases where caused by microorganisms thats can’t be seen under a microscope, called viruses. -
Used carbolic acid on wounds to kill infection-causing germs. First doctor to use antiseptic during surgery to prevent infection. -
Developed asepsis — a method to keep an area germ-free before and during surgery. -
Discovered nay disease-causing organisms. Identified a method to identify pathogens and isolated the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. -
Discovered the effect of medicine on disease-causing microorganisms. Brought about the use of chemicals to fight disease. He found a treatment for syphilis. -
Discovered x-rays and took the first x-ray of his wife’s hand. Discovery allowed doctos to see inside the body. -
Before anesthesia came along physicians had to get creative with the ways of reducing surgery pain. Sometimes mixes of herbs were used and other times patients were chocked into unconsciousness. Many patients would die of shock. Eventually, researchers discovered drugs that would but patients in a deep sleep to prevent surgery pain. -
Found that penicillin killed life-threatening bacteria. Can cure illnesses that killed many people before its discovery. Some of these illnesses are: pneumonia, gonorrhea, and blood poisoning -
Determined that the mind and body worked together by the discovery that there are conscious and unconscious parts of the mind. His studies were the basis of psychology and psychiatry. -
Discovered sulfonamide compounds which were the first medications effective in killing bacteria. -
Discovered that a dead polio virus would cause immunity to poliomyelitis which was a disease that could cripple and kill people. The vaccine saved many people. -
Used a live polio virus vaccine which was more efficient and is now used to immunize babies. -
Discovered the structure of DNA. Could explain how DNA replicates and how hereditary information is coded on it. They won a Nobel Prize in Medicine for their discovery. -
Preformed the first successful heart transplant. -
Pioneer in separating Siamese twins, performing hemispherectomies, and surgery’s on the brain to stop seizures. -
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These are functional MRI’s and unlike normal MRI’s, where you could see what the brain looks like, FMRI’s show you what the brain is doing. -
With the advancement of gene editing diseases that are caused at the molecular level can now be looked at and potentially even cured with the use of gene editing. Researchers are targeting sickle-cell disease. -
The first graft of a human genome was completed. With the replicate of human DNA doctors are able to get to work finding out what happens to out DNA when a virus or sickness hits which can help to find cures and vaccines. -
Can communicate to the users of smart pills whether or not they took their medicine my communicating to a smartphone app. Can also be a helpful tool for doctors in determining the state of a patient -
Pills and drugs can now me taken to break up clots and blockages in the heart in a hopeful attempt to prevent strokes and heart related problems.