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by supernatural spirits. -
They would bring in tribal doctors and there would perform ceremonies to exorcise evil spirits. -
Digitalis is used to treat congestive heart failure and rhythm problems.
Quinine Is used to treat malaria
Belladonna and atropine- a combination to treat irritable bowel syndrome.
Morphine is used to treat severe pain -
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Health records-Egyptians were the earliest people to keep accurate health records.
Physicians were acted as priests.
They used medicines to heal disease, learned to split fractures and by bloodletting with leaches. -
The development of acupuncture was as early as the Stone Age. They would treat illnesses with stone tools. -
The Greeks did their studies and were the first ones to realize diseases were natural and not so much spiritual.
They didnt alllow bodies too be dissection
Hippocrates was the father of medicine and kept very careful notes and found out that diseases were not caused by supernatural forces -
Sanitation Systems- The built sewers and public baths with filtering systems which was just thr beginning of public health.
Organizing medical care-They sent physicians too care for soilders. Beginning of health care .
Also physicians kept a room in there house for ill people. Beginning of hospitals -
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They stopped the study of medicine because the romans got conquered by the Huns. -
They treated disease by prayer. They believed life and death were in God's plans. -
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Studied and recorded the anatomy of the body. -
Discovered the Fallopian tubes. -
Discovered tube leading from the ear to the throat -
Understood physiology and was able too describe the circulation of art and pumping of the heart. -
Invented the microscope. Found the bacteria that causes tooth decay. -
First pharmacies. Traded drugs and spices from the east. -
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He found out that discoveries affect us. Plants refresh air that’s lost oxygen. -
Students attended lectures and sat in classrooms.also observed patients bedside and when they would die they would be able to dissect the body. -
Discovered element oxygen. -
Discovered vaccination for smallpox. -
Invented the stethoscope. -
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Identified the cause of childbed fever (puerperal fever). -
Founder of modern nursing. They thought women were un suitable for nursing but she changed that. -
“Father of microbiology” he discovered that tiny microorganisms are everywhere. He proved microorganisms cause disease. -
He discovered some diseases are caused by microorganisms that cant be seen without a microscope. Which are called viruses. -
Learned that Pasteurs discovery that micro organisms caused infection. -
Developed asepsis. -
Discovered many disease-causing organisms. -
Discovered the effect of medicene on disease causing microorganisms. -
Discovered x rays. -
They didnt have anesthesia so they would use herbs, hashish and alcohol to help relieve surgery. -
Found that penicillin killed life threatening bacteria. -
Discovered the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind. -
Discovered sulfonamide compounds. These compounds were the first medications effective in killing bacteria. -
Discovered that a dead polio virus would cause immunity to poliomyelitis. -
Used a live polio virus vaccine which is more effective. -
Discovered the molecular structure of dna, based on its own double helix. -
Performed the first heart transplant. -
Continues too be a pioneer in separating siamese twins and performing hemispheretcomies, surgeries in the brain to stop seizures. -
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Scientist announced they had completed a draft sequencing of the human genome or all the genes that make up peoples dna. -
This has become norm for many operations. Patients who undergo laparoscopic procedures get less pain. -
Treating hiv used to be a complex regimen of medications. They changed that by combining three antiretroviral drugs to take one daily. -
You get the three injections in six months. This protects you against four HPV strains that trigger cervical cancer and genital warts. -
The first full face transplant was done in 2008 when a guy that got into an accident got a new nose, lips, teeth and cheekbones. -
They used too use bionic limbs where they would move by theme selves but a girl that lost her hands leg and foot got new bionic hands that were controlled o9n her iPad