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Barbers in the middle ages did a lot of things. They delivered babies, treated wounds, pulled teeth etc. The barbers did this much stuff because they were skilled from treating because f the war. There was so many wars going on that they found a way to treat people that were needing it. Even though the people never went in to see a doctor and went to many other people such as the priest, ladies who specialized in herbs, and of course barbers.
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Dissection was frowned upon. During this time period it was "rare". If people did this then act they could of been killed because back then they thought people who were dead would have a next life to live and need those organs to survive their next lives. So they didn't want anyone to touch the dead persons dead organs.
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This ointment was made for headaches, joint pain. The recipe is Take equal amounts of radish, bishop wort, garlic, wormwood, helenium, crop leek and hollow leek.
Pound them up, and boil them in butter with celandine and red nettle.
Keep the mixture in a brass pot until it is a dark red color.
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This procedure was used for people who had an health issue with intracranial diseases, migraines, and mental disorders.This procedure is where they would break the skin using a sharpened seashell, next they would cut a hole into the skull. During this procedure you were awake, unless you were already dead. Soon when they finished the issue they would leave a hole in the skull and sew the persons skin back together.
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The black plague was one of the most devotions in the middle ages. So many people had died because the pope threw the dead bodies into the water and many people were drinking out of it and soon got it. So many people got it
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Eyeglasses was a major improvement. In the Middle ages the eyeglasses could of been made out of telescopes, binoculars, microscopes. But the eyeglasses were made out of two convex lenses and the lenses holders could be made out of bone or metal.
Cites:
https://sites.google.com/a/brvgs.k12.va.us/wh-15-sem-1-medieval-europe/eyeglasses
http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/top-10-medical-advances-from-the-middle-ages/ -
They slowly but surely improved their knowledge about medicine suchas making new medicine.
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The first person to suggest that diseases come from pathogens. And said that pathogens could be started from outside our body and passed on from human to human.
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Leonardo Da Vinci dissected bodies and learned how things worked. He was able to write a 100 page book with descriptions and illustrations of the human body.
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Was the person to write "De Humaini Corporis Fabrica". This book became very important because it talked about the anatomy of the human body
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Cowpox isnt a deadly virus but causes fevers and sores. People get over cowpox fast though
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Edward Jenner was a scientist who experimented with cowpox for 7 years. He tried it on a kid. He wasn't cured right away but then the kid started building immunity to it and he never got it again.
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The inventor was examining a female patient and was embarrassed to put his ear to her chest.
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Ether is a liquid that causes people to go unconscious. An inventor realized that ether could relieve some pain. It wasn't tested till a dentist tried it out and it worked.
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The X-Ray was first invented when he saw the rays were emitter in the current of discharge tube
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Penicillin is a huge medication in the medicines field. A lot of doctors prescribe penicillin when someone is sick.
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The first Organ Transplant was for a kidney. This was the first time that the organ actually survived.
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Stem Therapy is to treat or prevent disease or condition.
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First person to perform a transplant from an unrelated person with immunosuppressant drugs.
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This was an amazing thing that happened because so many people have got new limbs when they lost their leg during war or something else.
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The bionic eyes helped many people who lost their eyes. And makes people see the world differently.
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This law helps reduce smoking. Helps with the harmful cancer cells.
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The heart disease rates have dropped 40%. This is because more people are concerned about their health. So they start to work out and eat right.
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He is discovering new disease by this wave genetic. He is going to test how to get rid of them and how to prevent them.
