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200
Galen: tracheotomy
Galen was a Roman doctor who approved of practicing tracheotomy, a younger doctor by the name of Ibn Zuhr performed the first succesful tracheotomy on a goat backing up Galen -
Period: 200 to
A Brief History of Medicine
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Period: 200 to 500
Prehistory and Ancient World
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500
Leprosy
Leprosy had an outbreak in the 500's and ending in the 1200's. This desease physically disfigured people and anyone who had it was refered to has a leper and looked down upon -
Period: 500 to
Middle Ages
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Sep 12, 1200
Black Plague
The Black Plague appears killing a quarter of Europe's population until disappearing with the mass extermination of rats -
Sep 8, 1300
First Health Care for Sick
Islamic hospitals started providing health care for their citizens -
Sep 8, 1400
Jacoba Felicie Denied
The French woman Jacoba Felicie is denied the chance to practice medicine -
Scientific Method Begins
The use of the scientific method becomes widely and accepted known in the scientific world. -
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Renaissance
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Cancer
THe most dadly and uncurable of diseases appears, Cancer -
First Reflective Microscope
Robert Hooke, the succesful physician and medical instrument maker, makes the first reflective microscope -
Discovery of Bacteria
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, an unlikely scientist because of his lack of knowledge, discovers bacteria throwing him back into the scientific world -
Discovery of plague fleas
Francis Bacon using a reflective microscope discovers the first plague fleas -
Discovery of Vaccination
A scientist by the name of Edward Jenner discovers the proccess vaccination and saves hundreds of lives -
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Industrial Revolution
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Pasteurization of Milk
The microbiologist Louis Pasteur discovers how to pasteurize milk -
Medical Asepsis
Joseph Lister introduced the the practice of medical asepsis
(The process of removing pathogenic microorganisms or protecting against infection by such organisms) -
Discovery of Pathogens
Robert Koch discovered pathogens (anything that can create or lead to a disease) -
Importance of Hand Washing proven
Ignaz Semmelweis theorizes the importance of hand washing, using his hospita and midwives as examples saying midwives, who do wash hands, had three times less the mortality rate than his hospital. -
Outbreak of Cholera stopped
John Snow stopped the outbreak of cholera by looking at the design of his city and telling people to clean the city, noting that all outbreaks were centered around only choice water pumps -
Radioactivity Discovered
The female scientist Marie Curie discovers the science of radioactivity -
Bubonic Plague
The bubonic plague hits San Francisco, a plague know for traveling in small rodents and fleas -
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Modern World / 21st Century
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Penicillin Discovered
Penicillin is discovered and made by Alexander Fleming -
HMO Insurance
The fisrt HMO (Health Maintenance Organization) Insurance was made -
Polio Vaccinated
Jonas Salk creates the polio vaccination by taking dead polio cells and injecting them into humans -
AZT combats AIDS
The use of AZT to combat AIDS is approved by the goverment -
Gardasil
Gardasil, a vacine to prevent cervical cancer, approved by the FDA -
Small Pox and Measles
A doctor named Rhazes notices the difference between small pox and measles when he called for an examination to be able to differentiate the two diseases.
