tracheotomy is a surgical procedure which consists of making an incision on the anterior aspect of the neck and opening a direct airway through an incision in the trachea
Period: 200 to
Through the years of medical history
250
Barbers would do multiple tasks, they would cut hair and preform surgery on people
Period: 500 to Sep 9, 1500
Middle Ages
Sep 9, 1300
Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick
Sep 9, 1400
While a frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie practiced medicine her work failed
is a history of the methodology of scientific inquiry, as differentiated from a history of science in general. The development and elaboration of rules for scientific reasoning
Period: to
Renaissance
Robert Hooke built one of the first reflecting microscopes.
Before the printing press was invented the people had to copy books by hand
human atomical studies were allowed
did not have much education or a scientific background, yet he defied all odds to be reckoned as a great scientist through his skillful observations,
is known for advancing the scientific method.
was an English physician and scientist who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine.
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
Louis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination
Louis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination
Robert Koch is the founder of modern bacteriology
Back in the 1800's people didnt think about the germs that were on their hands until Semmelweis came up with the theory of it
is when medical car became regulated
Cholera is an intestinal disease than can cause death within hours after the first symptoms of vomiting or diarrhea.
Period: to
Modern World
Alexander Fleming was a Scottish biologist, pharmacologist and botanist.
in the late nineteenth century with doctors who provided medical care to members of fraternal organizations in return for a fixed periodic fee per member.
The kidney was the first such organ to be successfully transplanted.
Jonas Salk introduced a way to prevent it.
Zidovudine can cause serious, life-threatening side effects.
Smallpox and measles were highly contagious diseases that decimated Europe from ancient times to the modern era, killing more people than all the world's wars combined.