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500
People used minerals and herbs for medicine
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500
Trepanation began
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500
Barber-surgeons cut hair, perform surgery; barber pole symbol popularized
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Period: 500 to
History of Medicine
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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
Midlle Ages
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Jan 20, 1000
Medical care becomes regulated
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Jan 20, 1300
Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick
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Jan 20, 1400
French woman Jacoba Felipie tries to ptactice medicine but is denied
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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Renaissance
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Use of scientific method begins
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Human anatomical studies allowed
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Sketch of the body
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Scientific method process
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Robert Hooke- reflective microscope
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Antoie van leeuwenhoek described bacteria
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Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Plague fleas were discovered
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Discovery of blood cells and bacteria
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Edward Jenner- discovered the 1st vaccination
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Vaccinations
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Ignaz Semmelweis shows the importance of hand washing
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Washing your hands is important
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John Snow stops outbreak of cholera
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Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity
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Period: to
Modern World
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Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
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First MHO insurance
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Karl Dussik used ultrasound to locate brain tumors
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Discovery of polio vaccine
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The 1st vaccine was found for measels
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Used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment
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Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic cells
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Rhazes dicovered the difference between smallpox and measels
