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The greeks began the study of disease, "the father of medicine" (Hippocrates) wrote the code of ethics for physicians called the Hippocratic Oath
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Earlist people to keep accurate records, identified some specific diseases, used medicins to heal disease and splinted fractures
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during this time frame the practice of medicin had come to a complete stop for over 1,000 years. during this time there were many plagues and epidmics (Bubonic, small pox, syphilis)
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Edward Jenner finds a way to protect people from small pox by introducing cow pox.
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performed by James Blundell
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Congress required the U.S customs service to stop entry of adulterated drugs from overseas.
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Elizabeath Balckwell is the first ever woman to recive a medical degree.
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Jospeh Lister wrote a book called "aniseptic prniciple of the practive of surgery" one of the most important events in medical history
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Felix Hoffman developes aspirin "pain relief"
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Sir Fredrickson Gowland Hopkins tells and finds how taking vitimins is an important part of human health.
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Paul Zoll developed the cardiac pacemaker to help control irregular heart beat.
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performed by Dr. Jospeh e, Murray
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the very first test tube baby is born!
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Dr. William Derives implants the jarvik-7 artifical heart into barney clark, he lived 112 days.
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the virius HIV is found to cause ADIS
