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Period: 200 to
History of heathcare
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Period: 500 to Sep 10, 1500
The Middle Ages
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Sep 8, 1000
Medical care becomes regulated
Physicians were licensed after formal training with experienced doctors. Women were not allowed to practice medicine. -
Sep 8, 1300
Islamic hospitals; heathcare for the sick
Each hospital had seperate wards for different illnesses, employed trained nurses, and maintained stocks of medication -
Sep 10, 1350
Christain monosteries founded to treat the ill
Local healers, who were often women, served at the monasteries. Treatment otherwise consisted of prayer and rest. -
Sep 5, 1400
Frenchwomen Jacoba felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied
Jacoba believed that that women were sometimes embarrassed to go to a male physician for treatment and that is how she defeneded herself. -
Period: Sep 10, 1500 to
Reniassance
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Use of scientic method begins
The scientific method is a process used to acquire new knowledge. The scientific method was based on observation and taking careful notes. -
Human anatomical studies allowed
The investegations which were not allowed before helped correct many beliefs -
Printing press allows for publication of discoveries
By using the printing press it made it possible to publish books faster and speard new discoveries. -
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was a dutch tradesman and scientist and was considered to be the first microbiologist -
Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas
Francis Bacon was an English scientist -
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Industrial Revolution
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Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope
Blood cells, bacteria, and protozoa could now been seen with a microscope -
Edward Jenner discovered 1st vaccination
Edward Jenner was a an English doctor and discovered that milkmaids exposed to cowpox did not get smallpox -
John Snow stops outbreak of cholera
John Snow found the cause of the outbreak of cholera which was a local well where people got water -
Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity
Doctors used radioactivity to treat growths, and lesions produced by different diseases -
Bubonic plauge hits San Francisco
The bubonic plauge was a disease that was carried by fleas on small rodents. The disease was spread quickly. -
Period: to
Modern World
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Alexander fleming discovers polio vaccine
Polio is a disease that effects the nerves and can lead to paralysis. -
First HMO insurance
hmo stands for heath maintenance organization and provided heath insurance. -
AZT is used to combat AIDS
AZT doesnt cure AIDS but it helps slow down progress of the disease. -
Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment
Maggots clean the wound and kill the bacteria. They also help the speed of healing -
Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells
The first in vitro stem cell line was developed by mice. -
Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles
Rhazes was a persain phyisician and was a big part of the history of medicine
