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The study of Medical science stopped for over 1000 years.
Medicine practices only in monasteries/convents
used herbal medicine
there were many plagues and epidemics.
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First strict measures for control of public hygiene instituted.
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First dissection of human corpse.
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First recorded regualtions for midwives
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Rebirth of science- stimulated medical practice just as it did all other European intellectual pursuitrs. Physicians and scholars began to scientifically study medicine.
-MEdical schools were built
-the printing press made books possible and knowledge was shared.
-it is hard to believe its impact but the printing press was the information superhighway of its day.
-accepted the study of the body by dissection -
the printing press was created by Johanns Gutenberg, made books..
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First scientific study of human anatomy published.
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Andres Versallus and Leonardo Da Vinci dissected human bodies and made the first anatomical drawings. these helped in understanding the organs and systems of the human body,
-William harvey- described the circulation of blood and the pumping of the heart.
-Anton Von Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope -
Blood circulation first discovered. Bacteria discovered.
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First human powered submarine invented by Cornellus Drebbel
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William Harvey described the circulation of blood to and from the heart
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First law requiring licensed medical practitioners.
Obstetrics established as a seperate branch of medicine. -
Rene Leannec invented the stethoscope.
-Benjamin Franklin invented the bifocals and found that colds could be passed from person to person.
-Edward Jenner: vaccination for smallpox(related to cowpox) -
Bartolomeo Cristofori invented the piano
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Gabriel Fahrenheit created the first mercury thermometer
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French C. Hopffer patents the fire extinguisher
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James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny
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James watt invents an improved steam engine
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America was founded!
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Vaccination against smallpox developed.
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Edward Jenner developed a vaccine for smallpox
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Late 19th century gunpowder was invented
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Joseph Lister- the first doctor to use an sntiseptic during surgery to prevent infection in the incision.
-ignas semmelweiss- identified the cause of material infections and instituted hand washing. medical students would deliver babies after coming from the cadaver lab without washing thier hands, causing the death of many newborn babies and mothers.*he died during an auopsy.
-Louis Pasteur- Rabies vaccine proved that microorganisms caused disease and discovered that heating milk prevents bac. -
Gregor mendel established the patterns of heredity
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First practical anesthetic, ether, introduced.
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Elizabeth Blackwell- in 1849 she became the first woman to qualify as a doctor in the U.S. Inspired Florence Nightingale to purse nursing.
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Florence Nightengale was the founder of modern nursing (1820-1910)
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Civil war
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Louis Pasteur began pasturizing milk to kill bacteria
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Diagnostic tools, such as microscope, thermometer and x-rays, invented.
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Germ theory introduced.
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Clara Barton discovered the American Red Cross
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Rabies vaccine discovered.
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William Roentgen discovered x-rays
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Major blood types (O,A,B, and AB) identified.
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Marie Curie Isolated radium
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Influenza mobilized the war, caused many deaths and outbreaks in the US.
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First antibiotic drug, penicillin, discovered
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Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin
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First polio vaccine
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Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine.
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Birth control pill introduced.
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First successful heart transplant
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Christian Barnard: in 1967 performed the worlds first heart transplant surgery.
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First test tube baby born
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AIDS first recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ( the first AIDS-like cases were identified more than a centry earlier, in 1872)
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Scientists clone sheep
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9/11, when the world stopped. the twin towers were under terror attack. and fell to the ground, taking lives of MANY americans
