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Period: 500 to 1300
Middle Ages
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754
Fist Pharmacy Established
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900
Rhazes
Discovered the difference between small pox and measles -
1010
Avicenna
Wrote: The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine -
1249
Roger Bacon
Invents spectacles -
1300
Islamic Hospitals
Health care for the sick. -
Period: 1301 to
Renaissance
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Use of Scientific Method Begins
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Printing Press
Allowed for publication of medical discoveries -
Robert Hooke
Invented the reflective microscope -
Antonie Van Leeuwehoek
Describes bacteria. -
Francis Bacon
Uses microscope to discover plague fleas -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Edward Jenner
Discovered the first vaccination. -
Stethoscope is invented
Used for listening to the action of someone's heart or breathing, -
Importance of Washing Hands
Prevent less bacteria from spreading -
Development of the syringe
A tube with a nozzle and piston or bulb for sucking in and ejecting liquid in a thin stream, used for cleaning wounds or body cavities, or fitted with a hollow needle for injecting or withdrawing fluids. -
Jon Snow
Stops outbreak of cholera. -
Period: to
Modern World
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Alexander Fleming
Discovers penicillin -
First HMO Insurance
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Jonas Salk
Discovered the polio vaccine -
AZT is used to combat AIDS
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Robert S. Ledley
Invents CAT-Scans -
Completion of human genome draft
Leading to more medical breakthroughs. -
Period: to
21st Century
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Gardasil
Vaccine approved by the FDA to prevent cervical cancer -
MIPPA provide incentives
For practitioners who use electronic health records and e-prescribing. -
Face transplants
First full replacement of a persons face. -
Artificial liver/kidney grown in a lab
