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The people often believed diseases were caused by spirits. -
tribal doctors would perform exorcisms to rid the evil spirits. one of the ceremonies included an early form of trephining. -
digitalis can be taken by pill or injection to help with heart conditions. quinine helps with fevers, muscle spasms, and prevents malaria. belladonna is another medication used to help with muscle spasms. and lastly morphine is used for severe pain. -
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they were the earliest known people to have make health records accurately. the physicians were just the priests who healed people using medicines, splinting, and leeches. -
the ancient chinese were the first people to figure out acupuncture therapies. they were able to treat people with just stone tools -
the greeks started to figure out that illness may not be something spiritual but rather more natural. dissection was not allowed due to religious customs. eventually hippocrates did research confirming that illness was in fact not supernatural, and he eventually wrote the oath of hippocrates. -
the ancient romans started to put together medical care. the physicians had a room in their house for the sick people; this was the start of hospitals. -
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the monks and priests didn’t have interest in how the body functioned since they believed life and death were up to god. -
they mostly relied on praying for ridding the illness. they did use medication made from herbal mixtures. -
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during this time, horrible epidemics killed many people. one of the biggest ones-the bubonic plague killed 60 million people. -
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new scientific progress had began. universities were built for search. dissection was accepted to be able to study the body, and printing presses were made, so books were started becoming a great way to research. -
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he studied and researched human anatomy. -
discovered fallopian tubes in the female body -
discovered eustachian tube -
was able to explain the way the blood flows and how the heart pumps. -
invented the microscope and figured out that there was life that was smaller than what’s visible to the eye. -
apothecaries were like pharmacies. they had many medications and drugs that they traded. -
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discovered bifocals, and that colds were contagious. -
students were able to attend lessons and be present for patients at the bedside. when a patient died, they were also able to dissect the body. elizabeth blackwell also become the first female physician. -
discovered oxygen and that plants refresh air that no longer had respiration. -
discovered vaccines for smallpox since it had affected many people in epidemics, -
invented the stethoscope. the first one happened to be made of wood. -
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figured out the cause to childbed fever. figured out that washing hands is very important to stop the spread of infection. -
she was a very big help in the crimean war. she took a group of woman to help soldiers dying, as well as designing an improved hospital ward. -
discovered microbiology. he also created a vaccine for rabies. -
discovered that some microorganisms could not be seen with a microscope-viruses -
first doctor to use antiseptic during surgery. -
created asepsis - made a way to keep an area clean before surgery. -
introduced the importance of sanitation and also discovered many disease causing organisms. -
made many discoveries about medicine and killing viruses and diseases, which led to the use of chemicals on them. -
discovered x rays and took the very first x ray picture of his wife’s hand. -
nitrous oxide, ether, and chloroform were all discovered and created anesthesia. -
discovered penicillin - was said to be very important; as it could cure many diseases -
discovered that the body and mind were two separate things that work together. he focused on psychology and psychiatry. -
discovered sulfonamide compounds needed to make medications to cure bacteria. -
figured out that a dead polio virus would make one immune to poliomyelitis - it saved many people death -
used a live polio virus vaccine which was found to be more effective; this vaccine is still used today. -
they discovered the molecular structure of dna - they won a nobel prize for this great discovery -
he performed the first successful heart transplant. -
continues to work on separating siamese twins and performing surgeries on the brain to stop seizures. -
the ability to do an organ transplant, ability to reattach severed body parts, ability to do noninvasive techniques for diagnosing, advancement in caring for an unborn fetus, and possibly being able to eliminate disabling disease through generic research. -