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Galen
Discovered tracheotomy
Tracheotomy is an incision in the windpipe to create an instant airway in the throat. -
Period: 200 to
History of Medicalcare
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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
Middle Ages
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Sep 12, 1140
Medical License
Roger of Sicily made it forbidden for anyone to practice medicine without a license. -
Sep 8, 1300
Islam Hospitals
Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick. -
Oct 12, 1347
Black Plague
Known as the "Black Death." Disease that was spread by rats and fleas from the Europeans. -
Period: Jan 1, 1350 to Dec 31, 1480
Renaissance
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Sep 8, 1400
Woman Denied Medical Study
Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied. -
Beginning of the Method
Use of scientific method begins -
Circulation
William Harvey published his theory that the heart acts as a muscular pump, which circulates blood around the body. -
Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke-reflectice microscope
Robert Hooke was the first to apply "cell" to describe basic life. -
Antonie's Description
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. -
Discover of Plague Fleas
Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas -
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Industrial Revolution
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Vaccination Discovery
Edward Jenner discovered 1st vaccination -
Beginning of Industrial Revolution
Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stephoscope -
Hand Washing
Ignaz Semmelweis shows importance of hand washing
Discovered antiseptic -
Stop of Cholera
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's Discovery
Robert Koch made the discovery of pathogens.
Discovered the anthrax disease. -
Sterile surgery
Joseph LIster-practice of medical asspsis.
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Clean milk
Louis Pasteur (microbiology)- Pasteurization of milk -
Bubonic Plague
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. -
Radioactivity
Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity -
Greatest Advances
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.
Began the era of antibiotics, has been recognized as one of the greatest advances in therapeutic medicine. -
HMO insurance
First HMO insurance
Many employees designate a health plan through their employer. -
Polio Vaccine
Salk discovers polio vaccine.
In 1947 Salk became head of the Virus Research Lab and began investigating the poliovirus. -
Smallpox is Dead
WHO declares smallpox eradicated.
Smallpox vaccine slowly spread but was in short supply and hard to store in hot climates. -
AZT vs AIDS
AZT is used to combat AIDS
AZT is known as Zidovudine (Retrovir) -
Health Care
Managed health care; growth in uninsured.
Used to describe a variety of techniques intended to reduce the cost of providing health benefits and improve the quality of care -
Difference
Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles
