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Discovered tracheotomy
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Roger of Sicily made it forbidden for anyone to practice medicine without a license.
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Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick.
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Known as the "Black Death." Disease that was spread by rats and fleas from the Europeans.
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Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied.
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Use of scientific method begins
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William Harvey published his theory that the heart acts as a muscular pump, which circulates blood around the body.
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Robert Hooke-reflectice microscope
Robert Hooke was the first to apply "cell" to describe basic life. -
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria.
Antonie also wrote letters to the Royal Society of London to explain the observations on the stings of bees he discovered. -
Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas
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Edward Jenner discovered 1st vaccination
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Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stephoscope
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Ignaz Semmelweis shows importance of hand washing
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John Snow stops outbreak of cholera
Convinced people the disease would spread when people drank contaminated water. Proven when a mother washed her baby’s diaper in a town well. -
Robert Koch made the discovery of pathogens.
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Joseph LIster-practice of medical asspsis.
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Louis Pasteur (microbiology)- Pasteurization of milk
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Bubonic plague hits San Francisco.
Disinfection campaigns were in order, some places ran carbolic acid through sewers. This made spreading the disease faster since it flushed out the rats that lived there. -
Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity
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Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.
Began the era of antibiotics, has been recognized as one of the greatest advances in therapeutic medicine. -
First HMO insurance
Many employees designate a health plan through their employer. -
Salk discovers polio vaccine.
In 1947 Salk became head of the Virus Research Lab and began investigating the poliovirus. -
WHO declares smallpox eradicated.
Smallpox vaccine slowly spread but was in short supply and hard to store in hot climates. -
AZT is used to combat AIDS
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Managed health care; growth in uninsured.
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Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles
