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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300
Middle Ages
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Jan 1, 910
Medical Regulation
There started to be regulations on who could be a doctor. They had to read books and learn from more experienced doctors. -
Jan 1, 1163
Barbers
In the Middle Ages, barbers both cut hair and performed minor surgeries and bloodletting on people. -
Jan 1, 1300
Religion
The Qur'an demands that sick people be taken care of, so Muslim people made hospitals everywhere to help the sick and needy people. Christians also made monestaries to help the sick. -
Period: Jan 1, 1301 to
The Renaissance
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Jan 1, 1348
The Bubonic Plauge
A plauge that killed millions of people in Europe. Common symptoms were boils, fever, vomiting, sleeplessness. -
Jan 1, 1349
Plauge Doctor
These doctors went around and tried to give treatment to the patients infected with the plauge. They learned good hygine and how to design a better contamination suit. -
Jan 1, 1492
Crusades
The crusaders learned about other medical knowledge and brought it back to their homeland. -
Jan 1, 1500
Printing Press
Medical knowledge could be more widely spread and inform more people -
Microscope
Doctors could see patients and diseases more effectively -
The Scientific Method
People started to use a more effective way of finding things out, not just guesswork. This helped people understand more about the things aroud them. -
Robert Hooke
He built the first reflecting microscope -
Period: to
The Industrial Revolution
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vaccination
people could become immune to diseases through the process of vaccination -
Edward Jenner
He created the smallpox vaccine -
Stethescope
doctors could listen to peoples heartbeat. -
Medical Asepsis
Tips for reducing and preventing the spread of germs by medical equipment(basicaly just cleaning tools) -
Robert Koch
Discovered that pathogens are the source of some diseases. -
Radium
Marie Curie discovered radium, which helps treat cancer patients. -
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The Modern World
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Marie Curie
Helped develop portable x-ray -
Antibiotics
This helped people to heal from sickness more quickly. -
Organ Transplant
Organs can be replaced if they become damaged -
MRI
doctors can diagnose and treat illness more easily. -
Period: to
The 21st Century
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Diagnostic Screening
It helps people realize they are sick or could become sick before it gets too bad -
Electronic Health Records
medical professionals can access information about a patient easier. -
Stem Cells
cells that can become any other type of cell in the human body -
Michelle Obama
She helped to raise awareness about nutrition and changed school lunch programs across the country. -
Ebola Vaccine
people could build antibodies against ebola and reduce chance of sickness.
