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Evil spirits
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Tribal ceremonies to rid evil spirits
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Digitalis- for the heart
Quinine- for fevers
Belladonna and atropine- for GI (gastrointestinal)
Morphine- for Pain -
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Accurate Health Records
Who are physicians- Priests acted as physicians
How did they heal- splinting fractures and bloodletting with leeches -
Development of acupuncture in Stone Age
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Illness cause Nature vs. Spiritual- Learned diseases caused naturally
Dissection- not allowed
Hippocrates- father of medicine -
Sanitation system- water filters & sewage systems
Organize medical care- sent medical treatment to soldiers
Hospital development- created ill rooms in homes -
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Thought lives in gods hands
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Prayers & herbal mixtures
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Caused millions of deaths
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Universities- medical schools
Dissection- studied inner body
Books- greater access to learning -
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Studied anatomy of body
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Discovered fallopian tubes
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Discovered tube from ear to throat
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Circulation of blood & pumping of heart
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Invented the microscope & found tooth decay bacteria
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Early pharmacies
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Discovered bifocals, found that colds can pass from person to person.
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Students attend lectures & observed patients at the bedside.
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Discovered the element oxygen & observed that plants refresh air for respiration.
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Discovered method for vaccination for smallpox, saved millions of lives
Led to immunization & preventative medicine -
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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Father of Microbiology
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Discovered some diseases are caused by microorganisms that can’t be seen with a microscope.
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Used carbolic acid on wounds to kill germs
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Developed asepsis
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Developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens & isolated the bacterium that causes tuberculosis.
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Discovered the effect of medicine on disease causing microorganisms.
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Discovered x-rays
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Prevents pain
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Discovered penicillin killed life threatening bacteria
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Discovered the 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
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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 and preforming hemispherectomies (surgeries on the brain to stop seizes)
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Heals quicker
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A cure was found
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3D printing human body parts to use
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The first approved mRNA vaccine was the COVID-19.
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A one time infusion for people with hemophilia B.
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Blood cells grown from donor stem cells.