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Evil spirits -
Tribal ceremonies to rid evil spirits -
Digitalis: heart conditions
Quinine: fever, muscle spasms, prevent malaria
Belladonna and atropine: muscle spasms
Morphine: severe pain -
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Earliest to keep accurate health records
Priests as physicians
Medicine to heal
Leeches to drain blood -
First to use acupuncture
Treats illnesses/diseases with stone tools -
Temples of healing
Studied causes of diseases
Diseases are natural to the body
Not allowed to dissect
Hippocrates: kept notes about diseases; caaused by supernatural forces -
Clean water + sewers, filtering systems
First to organize medical care
Medical equipment
Hospitals
Physicians paid by government -
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Stopped studying of medicine because of religion
Life in hands of God -
Treatment for disease was prayer -
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Killed 60 million
Uncontrolled diseases
Vaccines + Medications -
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Universities/medical schools 4 research
Acceptance of dissection
Books for knowledge -
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Studied/recorded anatomy of the body -
Discovered fallopian tubes -
Discovered tube leading from ear to throat
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Described circulation of blood/pumping of the heart
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Invented microscope
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Early pharmacies
Drugs and spices -
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Discovered bifocals
Colds can be passed -
Dissected dead patients
Attended lectures
Better understanding of illness/death -
Discovered element oxygen
Plants refresh air -
Discovered vaccination for smallpox
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Invented stethoscope
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Identified cause of childbed fever (puerperal fever)
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Women in nursing school
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Discovered tiny microorganisms
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Diseases caused by microorganisms
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Microorganisms cause infection
First to use antiseptic -
Germs caused infections in wounds
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Discovered disease-causing organisms
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Discovered effect of medicine on disease-causing microorganisms
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Discovered x-rays
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Early physicians: herbs, hashish, alcohol
Choked patients -
Penicillin killed life-threatening bacteria
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Discovered conscious and unconscious parts of mind
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Discovered sulfonamide compounds
Killed bacteria -
Dead polio virus caused immunity to poliomyelitis
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Live polio virus vaccine, more effective
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Discovered molecular structure of DNA
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Performed first successful heart transplant
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Separating Siamese twins
Surgeries on brain to stop seizures -
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Telemedicine
Genetic Research
Reattach body parts
Caring for unborn fetus
Alternative medicine