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The Arabs introduce "senna" for use as a laxative
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The first authentic description of the symptoms of smallpox were recorded by Rhazes
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Persian doctor who discovered difference between measles and smallpox
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Urine charts were also used to help physicians diagnose illnesses. Certain colored urine indicated certain illnesses
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Surgery is considered a profession
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Physicians developed better cures, built upon observation rather than archaic theory
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Paracelsus discovered a shift towards a more scientific approach, physicians gradually threw out superstition and alchemy, developing cures and improving surgical procedures.
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Medical practices during the Renaissance were often bizarre and terrible. Many people could not see a doctor when sick and some even believed that the doctors were evil.
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Small Pox Vaccination was discovered
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Many Sweatshop workers would get their arm or fingers chopped off running a machine. They are still expected tot work. The machine nor the person is treated or cleaned. Possibility of it getting infected or worse....death.
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The hypodermic syringe was invented in 1853.
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Blood Transfusions were discovered
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Rubber gloves were first used in surgery in 1890. Was a practice of sanitation
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Cities started growing rapidly, and so did urban sprawl. Health problems, such as typhus and cholera became more common
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Traditional medicine is not only effective in treating psychosomatic illnesses, however. Many practitioners of traditional medicine have a solid knowledge of herbs and of their effects in healing organically based illness as well. These are still used to this day
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The First Lady, Michelle Obama encourages us U.S. citizens to eat healthier and make better eating habits. She has somewhat made an impact on how we do things
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Technology for Medical use is advancing in today's day and age
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Some European countries had empires, including the UK, Spain, Portugal, France and some others. People travelled to and from various parts of the world, bringing back with them various diseases, such as yellow fever. Like today we have the Zika virus
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Explorers of the New World and Asia brought back other cures, such as Quinine, from the bark of the Quina tree, a preparation still used in the treatment of malaria and its symptoms. Laudanum, based on opium, started to flood into Europe, as a painkiller.
