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Still used today is morphine for pain and digitalis for the heart
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They believed disease was caused by demons and supernatural creature.
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Average lifespan was 20 years
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Called upon the gods to heal and cure them
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Physicians were the priest. The physician was Imhotep.
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Average lifespan is 20 to 30 years.
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Religion prohibitions against dissection result in inadequate knowledge of the body structure
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believed in the need to treat the whole body by curing the spirits and nourishing the body.
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Average Lifespan was 20 - 30 years
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Hippocrates is the father of medicine. Developed an organized method to observe the body. recorded signs and symptoms of many diseases. Created a high standard of ethics, the oath of Hippocrates is the oath used by physician today.
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Dissected animals and is called the founder of comparative anatomy.
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Average lifespan is 25 to 35.
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Average lifespan is 25 - 35 years
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Created Aqueduct to carry clean water to cities. built sewers to carry waste material away from the cities. used filtering system in public bathrooms to prevent disease. drained marshes to reduce the incidence of malaria.
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Early hospital developed when physicians cared for ill people in rooms in their home. later hospitals were religious and charitable institutions housed in monasteries and convents.
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Emphasis was placed on saving the soul. study of medicine was banned.
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Prayer and divine intervention were used to treat people.
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average lifespan 20 to 30 years
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Physician began to obtain knowledge at medical University in the 9th century
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a bubonic plague killed 3/4 of Asia and Europe population.
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based diagnosis on observation of the sign and symptoms of disease. developed criteria for distinguishing between small pox and measles. suggested that blood was the cause of many diseases. began uses of animal gut for suture material.
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Average lifespan 20 - 35 years.
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Rebirth of the science of medicine.
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dissection of the body began to understand anatomy and physiology better.
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Average lifespan is 30 to 40 years.
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artists used dissection in order to draw the human body more realistic.
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Cause of diseases were still unknown.. many died from infection and childbirth.
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established use of ligatures to bind arteries and stop bleeding. eliminated use of boiling oil to cauterize. improved treatment of fractures and prompted use of artificial limbs.
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identified the fallopian tube in the female body. described the tympanic membrane in the ear.
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average lifespan is 35 to 45 years
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Described the circulation of the blood to and from the heart.
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invented the microscope.
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They were the early pharmacist. they made prescriptions and sold medicine.
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Average lifespan is 35 to 45 years
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Created the first mercury thermometer.
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prescribed lime juice to prevent Scurvy.
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developed a vaccination for smallpox.
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Average lifespan was 40 - 50 years
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First Blood transfusion was preformed on humans by James Blundell
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Became the first female physician in the United state.
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founder of modern nursing.
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Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.
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Discovered X - Rays
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Average lifespan is 40 to 60 years old
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discover penicilline
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The first heart - lung machine was used for open heart Surgery.
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First Liver transplant, first lung transplant, and Kidney transplant
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the first can scan was developed
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The first test tube baby was born in England.
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Average lifespan was 60 to 70