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Evil spirits -
Prayer, exorcism -
Digitalis for heart
Quinine for digestion
Belladonna and atropine for digestion
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Egyptians kept accurate Health records
Physicians are priests
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Used stone tools to treat illnesses and diseases -
The first to study the disease and determine that is was nature rather than spiritual. Dissection wasn’t allowed in ancient times by religions Hippocrates is the father of medicine -
Sanitation systems wasn’t good Romans were first to Organize medical care, sent equipment and physicians with armies to care for wounded soldiers. Hospital development started as a room from a physician for the ill -
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Roman Empire was conquered by the Huns -
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Diseases affecting many people at the same time -
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Universities and medical schools for research Allowed Dissection for study Published Books for knowledge from research
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Studied and recorded the anatomy of the body
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Discovered the fallopian tubes of the female anatomy
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Discovered the tube leading from the ear to the throat
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Used his knowledge for physiology and was able to describe the circulation of blood and the pumping of the heart
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Invented the microscope
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Engaged in a flourishing trade in drugs and spices from the east
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Discovered bifocals and that colds can be transferred from person to person
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Observed patients at bedside and when they passed they dissected the body and understood the the causes of illnesses and death.
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Discovered the element oxygen
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Discovered a method of vaccination for smallpox
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Invented the stethoscope
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Identified the cause of childbed fever
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Attracted well educated, dedicated women to the nightingale school of nursing
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Known as father of microbiology. Discovered that tiny microorganisms were everywhere.
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Discovered that some diseases are cause by microorganisms that cannot be seen in the microscope
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Learned that microorganisms cause infections.
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Developed asepsis
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Discovered many disease causing organisms
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Discovered the effect of medicine on disease causing microorganisms
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Discovered X-rays
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Loss of feeling or sensation
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Found that penicillin killed life-threatening bacteria
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Discovered conscious and unconscious parts of the mind
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Discovered sulfonamide compounds
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Discovered that a dead polio virus would cause immunity to poliomyelitis
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Used a live polio virus vaccine which is more effective
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Discovered the molecular structure of DNA
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Performed the first successful heart transplant
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Continues to be a pioneer in separating Siamese twins
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More advanced technology
More knowledge on medicines
More knowledge on surgery’s
More sanitation
More safe environment to perform surgery’s and research