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Period: 400 to Jan 1, 1400
Dark and Middle Ages
-The study of medical science stopped for over 1000 years.
-Medicine practiced only monastaries and convents
-Used herbal medicine
-THere were many plagues and epidemics- Bubonic plague, smallpox, diphtheria, syphilis, tubreculosis. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
The Renaissance
-Re-birth of science
-medical schools were built
-the printing press made books possible and knowledge was shared
-Accepted the study of the body by dissection -
Jan 1, 1440
First Charis of Medicine were created
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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Andreas Vesalius and Leonardo Di Vinci
Perfomed many dissections and we got a true idea of wear everything is in the body thanks to Di Vinci's realistic drawings. -
Jan 1, 1543
Vesalius conducted a public dissection
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Antion Von Leeuwenhoek
Invented to newly, more visable microscope. -
Circulation of Blood
William Harvery found that the circulation of blood is caused by the pumping of your heart. -
Edward Jenner
invented the vaccination of smallpox -
Ben Franklin
In 1784, Ben Franklin created bifocals and latered came to the conclusion that colds were passed from person to person -
Stethoscope
The first stethoscope was created by Rene Leenec. -
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Robert Koch
Discoverd many disease-causring organisms- Anthrax, tuberculosis, cholera -
Elizabeth Blackwell
The first women to qualify as a doctor in the U.S and inspired Florence Nightingale to persue nursing. -
First School of Nursing
Created by Florence NIghtingale during the Crimean War. -
First used antiseptic in surgery
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Wilhelm Roentgen
Discovered the first x-ray. It allows doctors to see inside the body to discover what was wrong with the patient. -
Microsurgery
Performed with the aid of microscopes, and other specialized instruments, such as a micromaniplator. -
Penicillin
The first antibiotic. -
Newer and more effective Poilio Vaccine
Created by Jonas Salk, going off of Albert Sabin's design. -
Christian Barnard
Worlds first heart transplant surgery. -
Computerized axial tomography was developed
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Louise Brown
The first "Test Tube Baby"
First baby made by in vitro fertalization (IVF) -
Advances in Scope Sugery
There was no need to make a really large incision. -
Human Immunodeficiency Virus causing AIDS was identified as a disease
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Tissue Cloning
The process of creating an identical copy or an original.
This day was the first day of cloned human embryos.
