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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
Middle Ages
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900
The Barber-Surgeon.
They performed surgery to treat cataracts and practiced phlebotomy [bloodletting]. they also served with the military and treated injuries sustained in battle. -
Aug 31, 900
Rhazes
Discovered the difference between smallpox and measles. -
1300
Religion and Medicine
Religion continued to play a significant role in healthcare. both Christian and Muslim teachings encourage the care of those in need. -
1300
local healers
they were often women served at the monasteries. -
1400
Jacoba Felicie
Frenchwomen was tried for practicing medicine without a license because women were not allowed to practice medicine. -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Renaissance
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The Scientific Method
was based on observations and taking careful notes. this method was not common practice during the middle ages. -
Robert Hooke
Built one of the first reflecting microscopes. -
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
Describes Bacteria. -
Francis bacon
Uses the microscope to discover plague fleas. -
Anatomy took place.
these investigations which had been forbidden by the church in the past helped correct many benefits. -
Edward Jenner
discovered that milkmaids exposed to cowpox did not get smallpox. -
Discovery's
Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope. -
Period: to
Industrial Revlolution
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Louis Pasteur
carried out experiments that became the basis for modern microbiology -
Joseph Lister
was ridiculed for insisting on the use of carbolic soap to disinfect instruments and clean hands before doctors moved to another patient. -
Bubonic Plague
hits San Francisco -
Period: to
Modern World
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Discovery's
organ transplants, x-rays radium for cancer treatment MRI, CAT scans -
Alexander Fleming
He discovers penicillin. -
HMO
first insurance. -
Salk
Discovers polio vaccine -
AZT
used to combat AIDS. -
Period: to
21st Century
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Steve Thomas
used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment. -
the completion of the Human Genome Project.
identified a complete set of DNA witch allows for a new and completely individualized medications and treatments. -
Gardasil
a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by the FDA. -
Scientists discovered.
How to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells. -
the first FDA.
approved implanted abiocor artificial heart placed in a patient on June 24. patient died on August 23.
