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"Father of Medicine" and wrote code for ethics for physicians called Hippocratic Oath. 400 B.C.E
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Used herbal medicine, study of medical science stopped for over 1000 years, medicine practiced only in monasteries and convents. Many plagues and epidemics- bubonic plague, smallpox, diphtheria, syphilis, tuberculosis.
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First school of medicine established in Salerno, Italy.
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Rebirth of Science.
Medical schools were built.
Printing press made books possible and knowledge was shared.
Accepted the study of te body by dissection. -
Andreas Versalius and Leonardo Da Vinci dissected human bodies and made the first anatomical drawings.
William Harvey described the circulation of blood and the pumping of the heart.
Anton Von Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope. -
First law requiring licensed medical practitioners.
Obstetrics established as a separate branch of medicine. -
Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope.
Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals and found that colds could be passed from person to person. -
Edward Jenner developed a vaccine for smallpox.
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First practical anesthetic, ether, introduced (1842).
Diagnostic tools, such as microscope, thermometer, and x-rays, invented.
Germ theory introduced (1879)
Rabies vaccine discovered (1885) -
Joseph Lister- first doctor to use an antiseptic during surgery to prevent infection in the incision.
Louis Pasteur- rabies vaccine, discovered that heating milk prevented the growth of bateria (pasteurization) -
Injectable opioids, such as opium, morphine, heroin, and cocaine brought addiction along with pain relief.
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Provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufature, sale, or transportation of food products and poisonous patent medicines.
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Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to qualify as a doctor in the U.S. Inspired Florence Nightingale to pursue nursing.
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Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross and was also known as the "Angel of the Battlefield".
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Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays. Allowed doctors to see inside the body to discover what was wrong with the patient.
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Major blood types identified (O, A, B, and AB)
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Marie Curie isolated radium.
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Sir Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin.
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The Electreat Mechanical Heart was the first medical device seized under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
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Jonas Salk developed the Polio Vaccine.
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Christian Barnard performed the world's first heart transplant surgery.
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Louise Brown discovered "test tube" baby.
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AIDS first recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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First strict measures for control of public hygiene instituted.