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Jan 1, 1300
Herbal Remedies - Babylonia 1894bc
Herbs were depended to help cure sicknesses. They listed symptoms and remedies on clay tablets. Some prescriptions were made from milk, snakeskin, turleshells and other ingredients. About Traditional Chinese Medicine. (n.d.). Retrieved November 13, 2015, from http://www.truemindcenter.com/about-traditional-chinese-medicine/ -
Jan 1, 1400
Chinese Medicine
When a peros was ill they saw disharmony in the body . A practitioner would restore balance & harmony by using herbs, acupuncture, & massaging the body
TIME:1600-2500 bc Wu, A. (2014, August 21). The History of Chinese Medicine. Retrieved November 13, 2015, from http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/chinese-medicine/history.htm -
Nov 9, 1500
Native American Medicine
Like Babylonia Native American tribes used herbs around their surroundings . They would also use spiritual techniques About Traditional Chinese Medicine. (n.d.). Retrieved November 13, 2015, from http://www.truemindcenter.com/about-traditional-chinese-medicine/ -
First Settlers
When arriving to the New World (America) the British caught many diseases and died. An Indian tribe helped them by using the same method, Herbal medicine
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Bloodletting
Doctors would withdrawal blood from a patient when they were sick, even if they had a cold. Erotomania and bodily decorum. (2013, September 29). Retrieved November 15, 2015, from https://parthenissa.wordpress.com/2013/09/29/erotomania-and-bodily-decorum/ -
Trepanation- Trephine
Is the removal of a piece of bone from the skull by scrapping, grooving, cutting, and chiseling using the tool Trephine Trepanation Party. (n.d.). Retrieved November 15, 2015, from http://kxsc.org/trepanationparty/ -
Stethoscope
Rene Laennec invented the 1st stethoscope which gave rise in a new concept of disease. Making the Modern World - Icons Of Invention - Medicine - 1820-1880. (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2015, from http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/icons_of_invention/medicine/1820-1880/IC.100/ -
Funnel shaped Otoscope
Ignaz Gruber invented the first otoscope
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Hollow Needle Syringe
Francis Rynd created the Hollow needle syringe, after he created it he injected different drugs in patients to figure out a cure for neuralgia. Most read posts. (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2015, from http://ireland-calling.com/francis-rynd/ -
Arthur leared-Innovation of Stethoscope
Arthur Leared was a physician who innovated the first stethoscope into a binaural stethocope Stethoscope - knowledge_technology_Discover. (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2015, from https://sites.google.com/site/anonymouslyanonymoussas/artefacts/stethoscope -
3rd Innovation of Stethoscope
Gearge Cammann innovated the binaural stethoscope Stethoscope - knowledge_technology_Discover. (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2015, from https://sites.google.com/site/anonymouslyanonymoussas/artefacts/stethoscope -
2nd innovation of the Syringe
Charles Pravaz & Alexander Wood created the hypodermic syringe but both made independently. Hypodermic syringe, English, c 1860. (2003, October 20). Retrieved November 16, 2015, from http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/images/I021/10284541.aspx -
Air pressure Otoscope
E. Siegle innovated the otoscope Pneumatic otoscopy: An old diagnostic tool revisited. (2007, June 1). Retrieved November 16, 2015, from http://www.healio.com/pediatrics/practice-management/news/print/infectious-diseases-in-children/{415f5e73-779e-48cb-96c9-2ea8adb0bf9d}/pneumatic-otoscopy-an-old-diagnostic-tool-revisited -
Invention of X-ray
Wilhelm Conrad Rontgon invented the X-ray, when everyone found out about the X-ray he was given a Nobel Prize. X RAYS - RONTGEN. (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2015, from http://www.akisrx.com/inglese/htm/roentgen.htm -
Refined Stethoscope
In 20th century there were many improvements like reduced weight, imroved acoustic quality and filter out external noise. History of the Stethoscope. (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2015, from http://adctoday.com/learning-center/about-stethoscopes/history-stethoscope -
Disposable Needles & Syringes
James T Greeley thought of creating disposable needles & he did. This invention is safe & healthy for patients. -
CAT-Scans
Robert Ledley invented the first full body CT scanner. Robert S. Ledley, physicist who invented first full-body CT scanner, dies at 86. (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2015, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/robert-s-ledley-physicist-who-invented-first-full-body-ct-scanner-dies-at-86/2012/07/26/gJQA0TxaCX_story.html -
X-ray Coolidge tube
William Coolidge innovated the 1st huge X-ray into a smaller one. Coolidge's x-ray tube. (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2015, from http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/01/classic-kit-coolidge-x-ray-tube -
Impact
This is just some of the Health technologies invented & innovated. They have a Social impact because it helped people stay alive & not only determine if you were healthy but opened doors for people who want to help others.
