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People believed that illness and disease were caused by supernatural spirits and demons.
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Recorded a pharmacopeia of medications based on the use of herbs.
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Early hospitals developed.
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Began public health and sanitation systems.
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Began modern medical science by analyzing and observing the human body and the effects of disease.
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The study of medicine was prohibited.
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Medical universities were developed.
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Arab physicians used their knowledge of chemistry to advance pharmacology.
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Rebirth of the science of medicine.
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Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci used dissection to draw the human body moe realisticly.
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The cause of diseases were still not known.
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Established scientific surgical procedures.
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James Blundell performed the first successful blood transfusion on humans.
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Florence Nightingale began the professional education of nurses.
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Joseph Lister started using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery to prevent infection.
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Paul Ehrich developed methods to detect and differentiate between various diseases and used chemicals to eliminate microorganisms.
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Francis Crick and James Watson described the structure of DNA and how it carries genetic information.
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Computerized axial tomography was developed.
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Adult stem cells were used for the treatment of disease.
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The medicare prescription drug improvement and modernization Act was passed.