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A Frenchwomen named Jacob Felicie was tried for practicing medicine with no license. She tried to explain that women were sometime embarrassed to go to a male for treatment but was denied and forbidden medicine practice.
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By the thirteenth century there were scores of hospitals in the Muslim worlds. They were there to care for all the sick people and for the poor that were there. These principles led to the founding of the Islamic hospitals.
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Barber Surgeons did many things. They cut hair, performed different surgeries to treat cataracts, practiced phlebotomy, also served with the military and treated injuries in battles. They amputated limbs and burned the stumps to seal the blood vessels.
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The barber pole is a big symbol for when they used to be barber surgeons. After they would perform a surgery they would hang bandages on the pole to show advertisement. Red represented the blood, blue represented the veins, and white represented the bandages.
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A Persian Doctor named Rhazes discovered the difference between smallpox and measles.
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An English doctor, was the first person to properly describe the systemic circulation and properties of blood, and how the heart pumps around the body.
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The microscope allowed much more accurate observations of patients and their symptoms. Doctors could propose an explanation of disease and test it by experimentation and observation.
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The scientific method is a process used to acquire new knowledge. Instead of using guesswork or the supernatural to explain events and diseases, people began to look for the real causes of what they saw around them.
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Robert Hooke built one of the first reflecting microscopes.
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The Black Death killed 20 percent of the population of London.
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Edward Jenner is well known around the world for his innovative contribution to immunization and the ultimate eradication of smallpox.
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The stethoscope has been used since 1816 to save many peoples lives. It is used to listen to peoples heartbeat and more.
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He pasteurized milk
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Caused by contaminated water it could spread very quickly. It was a feared disease by many
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It can treat pain, fever, headache, and inflammation. It can also reduce the risk of heart attack
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Modern Medicine Grew rapidly during the 1900's
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X-Rays were accidentally found when a professor named Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen was studying the process of electric current in his laboratory
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He became one of Americas first ever radiologist
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A pacemaker is a small device that's placed in the chest or abdomen to help control abnormal heart rhythms. This device uses electrical pulses to prompt the heart to beat at a normal rate.
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The World Health Organization announced smallpox has been eradicated
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The first draft was announced in 2000 and the finalized version was released years later
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He created a bio-artificial liver. It is used to replace a bad liver and help people keep living.
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Scientists use human skin cells to make embryonic stem cells.
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Drops due to new medication
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Drops by 40%
