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Period: 200 to
History of Health Care
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500
Beginning of Middle Ages
Barber-surgeons cut hair, perform surgery; barber pole symble popularized. -
550
Middle Ages
Barber-surgeons cut hair, perform surgery; barber pole symble popularized. -
Sep 8, 600
Middle Ages
Doctors began to keep notes on their cases. -
Sep 8, 1000
Middle Ages
Medical care becomes regulated. -
Sep 8, 1300
Middle Ages
Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick. -
Sep 8, 1400
Middle ages
Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied -
Sep 8, 1500
Beginning of Renaissance
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Sep 8, 1500
End of Middle Ages
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Sep 10, 1520
Renaissance
Human anatomical studies allowed. -
Renaissance
Use of scientific method begins. -
Renaissance
Printing press allows for publication of discoveries. -
Renaissance
Robert Hooke- reflective microscope -
Renaissance
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria. -
Renaissance
Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas. -
End of Renaissance
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Beggining of Industrial revolution
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Industrial Revolution
Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope. -
Industrial Revolution
Edward Jenner discovered the 1st vaccination -
Industrial Revolution
Louis Pasteur (microbiology) - pasteurization of milk. -
Industrial Revolution
Joseph Lister- practice of medical asepsis -
Industrial Revolution
Robert Koch- discovery of pathogens. -
Industrial Revolution
Ignaz Semmelweis shows importance of hand washing. -
Industrial Revolution
John Snow stops outbreak of cholera -
Industrial Revolution
Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity -
Industrial Revolution
Bubonic plague hits San Francisco -
End of Industrial Revolution
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Beginning of Modern World
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Modern World
Alexander Fleming dicovers penicillin -
Modern World
First HMO insurance -
Modern World
Salk dicovers polio vaccine -
Modern World
Managed health care; growth in uninsured -
Modern World
WHO declares smallpox eradicated -
Modern World
AZT is used to combat AIDS -
Modern World
Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment. -
Modern World
Gardasil, a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by the FDA -
End of Modern World
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Middle Ages
Rhazes discovered differemce between small pox and measles
