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400 BCE
Ancient Healers
Ancient healers used diet, rest, plants, herbs, and preformed surgery. -
400 BCE
Hippocratic Oath
A code of ethics developed by Hippocrates around 400 B.C. -
400 BCE
Galen
Galen was a Greek physician trained by the Egyptians. He documented the importance of the spinal cord in the movement of the limbs. His manuscripts were used to train physicians until the renaissances. -
500
Rhazes
Rhazes a Persian doctor wrote about the differences between small pox and measles. He also proved a more clear way on the cause for diseases. -
500
The Barber- Surgeon
Barbers preformed catarat surgery, limb amputation, phlebotomy. The red and white barbers pole may have been used to hang bandages, the red may have represented blood, bandages or blood. -
500
The Beginning of the Medical Care Regulations
Physicians were licensed only after specific training with a licensed doctor. Women were not allowed to practice medicine. -
Sep 19, 1500
Religion and Medicine
Religious principles led to the founding of many Islamic hospitals and christian monasteries where the sick was treated. -
Sep 19, 1550
The Printing Press
The invention of the printing press made it possible to publish your discoveries. -
Invention of the Microscope
The scientific method came into use and the microscope was invented. -
Age of Enlightenment
The church allows the study of anatomy. -
Stethoscope Invented
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Vaccination Began
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Louis Pasteur
Louis's experiments formed a basis for microbiology. -
Joseph Lister
He began the concept of disinfecting surgical equipment. -
Robert Koch
Koch found that Pathogens were the cause for some diseases -
Antibiotics
Antibiotics were invented -
Radium
Radium is discovered. -
Organ Transplants
Organ transplants become more of a common thing.
