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Period: 400 to Jan 1, 1400
Dark Ages
emphasis was placed on saving the soul and study of medicine was prohibited -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
The Renaissance
surgery was preformed by barbers because they had the tools to preform it -
Jan 1, 1489
Dissection
Leonardo Da Vinci dissected the first human body -
Circulation of Blood
William Harvey publishes An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals -
Blood Cells
Anton Von Leeuwenhoek discovered blood cells in 1670 -
Period: to
Revolutionary War
child birth was attended by midwives; diseases spread fast because of the poor hygiene and sanitation -
Independence of United States
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Bifocals
Benjamin Franklin infented bifocals in 1784 -
Smallpox Vaccine
Edward Jenner developed the vaccine for smallpox in 1796 -
The Stethoscope
Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope in 1816 -
1st Women Doctor
in 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to qualify as a doctor -
Germs
Louis Pasteur identifies germs as cause of disease -
School of Nursing
Florence Nightingale started the first school of nursing in 1860 -
Period: to
Civil War
Dysentery, measles, small pox, pneumonia, and malaria were the soldier's greatest enemy -
Antiseptics
Joseph Lister was the first doctor to use an antiseptic during surgery -
American Red Cross
Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross in 1881 -
X-Rays
William Roentgen discovered x-rays in 1895 -
Isolated radium
Marie Curie isolated radium in 1910 -
Period: to
World War 1
influenze killed more soldiers than bullets did -
Insulin
Insulin first used to treat diabetes. -
Whooping Cough
First vaccine developed for whooping cough -
Penicillin
Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928 -
Period: to
World War II
penicillin was discovered before the war but took awhile for it to be effective for the soldiers -
Polio Vaccine
Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine in 1952 -
first heart surgery
Christian Barnard preformed the world's first heart transplant surgery in 1967
