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Began study of disease
Hippocrates-code of ethics-Hippocratic Oath:Code of Behavoir, Natural explanations, Clincal observation -
study of med science stopped over 1,000 years
med practiced only in monasteries & convents
used herbal medicine, many plagues & epidemics (bubonic) -
Rebirth of Science: Medical practice, med schools, printing press became information superhighway
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(sixteenth & seventeenth centuries) dissected human bodies & made the 1st anatomical drawings.
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invented stethoscope (eighteenth century)
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Invented by Gabriel Fahrenheit
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U.S securing independence from Great Britain
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developed a vaccine for smallpox
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(Nineteenth & twentieth Centuries) 1st doctor to use an antiseptic during surgery to prevent infection in the incision
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Elizabeth Blackwell, first to qualify as a doctor in the U.S. Inspired Florence Nightingale to pursue nursing
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Founder of modern nursing
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Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria
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fought between southern & northern states, south didn't want to be part of U.S & decided to make their own country. North wanted to stay one country.
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Established patterns of heredity
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died from a cut during an autopsy, identifed cause of maternal infections & instituted hand washing
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developed culture plate method to identify pathogens
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Founded the American Red Cross
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disovered by Wilhelm Roentgen, allowed doctors to see inside the body to discover what was wrong with the patient
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Isolated radium
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Great Britain, France, Russia, Belgium, Italy, Japan, the United States, and other allies defeated Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria.
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killed 675,000-more than all the wars of this century combined
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Discovered penicillin
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German invasion of Poland, and ending with the surrender of Germany1945, and of Japan on Aug. 14, 1945.
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Developed the polio vaccine
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Performed by Christian Barnard
