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Barber-surgeons cut hair, perform surgery; barber pole symbol popularized
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Galen; tracheotomy
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Medical care becomes regulated
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Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick
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Christian monasteries founded to treat the ill
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Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied
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Human anatomical studies allowed
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Use of scientific method begins
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Printing press allows for publication of discoveries
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Robert Hooke- reflective microscope
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek refines the microscope and fashions nearly 500 models.
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Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria
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Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas
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James Lind discovers that citrus fruits prevent scurvy.
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Edward Jennerdiscovered 1st vaccination
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Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope
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Louis Pasteur (microbiology) - Pasteurization of milk
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Joseph Lister- practice of medical asepsis
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Robert Koch- discovery of pathogens
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Ignaz Sammelweis shows importnance of hand washing
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John Snow stops outbreak of cholera
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Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity
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Bubonic plague hits San Fransisco
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Discoveries of organ translplants, X-rays, radium for cancer treatment, MRI, CAT scans
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Alexander FLemming discovers penicillin
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First HMO insurance
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Salk discovers polio vaccine
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WHO declares smallpox eradicted
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AZT is used to combat AIDS
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Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment
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Rhazes discovered differences between smallpox and measles