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500
Avicenna
Writes The Book Of Healing and The Canon of Medicine -
Period: 500 to 1300
Middle Ages
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900
Rhazes
Discovered the difference between smallpox and measles. -
1000
Medical Care
Medical care becomes regulated -
1200
Asclepius and Hippocrates
One of the earliest Greek gods to specialize in healing, by understanding the patient's health and independence in mind. -
1300
Islamic Hospitals
It was healthcare for the sick -
Period: 1301 to
Renaissance
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1400
Common Diseases
Bubonic Plague which killed 25 million of Europe's population, Syphilis, Puerperal Fever, and The Typhoid Fever. -
1400
Jacoba Felicie
Tries to practice medicine but is denied -
Scientific Method
Use of scientific method begins -
Printing Press
Allowed for publication of medical discoveries. -
Antonie Van Leewenhoek
Describes bacteria -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Discoveries
Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope -
Edward Jenner
Discovers first vaccination -
James Blundell
Performs the first successful transfusion of human blood -
Ignaz Semmelweis
Shows the importance of hand washing -
Cholera
First vaccine developed for Cholera -
Period: to
Modern World
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Alexander Fleming
Discovers penicillin -
Insurance
First HMO Insurance -
Jonas Salk
Discovers polio vaccine -
WHO
Declares smallpox eradicated -
AZT Drug
Is used to combat aids -
Period: to
21st Century
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Steve Thomas
Used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment -
Gardisil
A vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by the FDA. -
Vaccine
First vaccine to target cause of cancer -
Scientists
Discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells. -
MIPPA (Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act)
Provides incentives for practitioners who use electronic health records and e-prescribing.
