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The study of medical science stopped for over 1000 years. Herbal medicine was used.
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In 410 AD The Romans built sewers to carry waste materials away from cities, created aqueducts to carry clean water to teh cities, and they used filtering systems in public baths to prevent diseases.
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The rebirth of science occured during the Renaissance
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The invention of the printing press allowed knowledge to spread to others. Johannes Gutenburg invented the printing press.
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Leonardo Da Vinci dissected human bodies and made the first anatomical drawings.
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In between the 16th and 17th Centuries William Harvey described the circulation of blood and the pumping of the heart.
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In the 17th Century Anton Von Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope.
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The modern passenger elevator was installed for King Louis 15th in the Palace of Versailles.
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Baron Larrey started the first ambulance service using a cart with springs for comfort, and a cover to protect the patients from the weather. The ambulance services started by taking soldiers off the battlefield.
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During the 18th Century, Edward Jenner created a vaccination for smallpox
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In the 18th Century Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope.
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In 1826, Charles and Vincent Chevalier built the fist camera taht could produce photos.
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In 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell became known as the first woman to qualify as a doctor in the United States and also inspired Florence Nightingale to pursue nursing.
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In 1854 Florence Nightingale established efficient and sanitary nursing units and was the founder of modern nursing.
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Dorthea Dix was appointed head nurse of the Army battlefield in 1861.
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The American Civil War took place starting in 1861-1865
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Joseph Lister was the first doctor to use an antiseptic during surgery to prevent infection inside the incision.
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In 1881 the American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton.
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Louis Pasteur created a vaccine for Rabies and also developed the pasteurization process to kill bacteria in milk.
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In 1895 Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays. This discovery helped and is still helping patients to discover what is wrong with their bodies.
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In 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the first powered and controlled airplane.
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Robert Koch became famous for isolating the bacteria that causes tuberculosis and cholera.
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In 1910 Marie Curie isolated radium.
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Earle Dickson invented band-aids by using gauze, tape and scissors to cover a cut or wound.
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Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928.
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Sigmund Freud studied the effects of the unconscious mind on the body. Freud's studies were the basis of psychology and psychiatry.
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Franz Greiter, an Austrian scientist came out with Glacier Cream which was introduced as sun protection cream.
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In 1952 Jonas Salk discovered an altered polio virus vaccine.
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In 1953, Francis Crick and James Watson described the structure of DNA and how it carries genetic information.
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In 1957 the ultrasound was invented by an English physician named Ian Donald.
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In 1960, birth control pills were approved by the FDA.
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In 1967 Christian Bernard performed the world's first successful heart transplant surgery.
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Martin Cooper is considered the inventor of the first portable handset and the first person to make a call on a cell phone.
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The first ever test tube baby, Louise Brown, was born in England in 1978
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In 1990, the first gene therapy was used to treat disease.
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Dolly the sheep was cloned in 1997.
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Rhazes based diagnoses on observations of the signs and symptoms of disease,suggested blood was teh cause of many infectious diseases, and he began teh use of animal gut for suture material.
