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Believed that illnesses and disease were caused by supernatural evil spirits.
They held a ceremony to exorcise the demon and removed parts of the body.
Digitalis was used to treat congestive heart failure. Quinine was used to treat malaria. Belladonna and atropine was used together to treat irritable bowel syndrome and ulcers in the intestine -
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The Egyptians were the first people known to keep accurate health records. The Egyptians were superstitious and called upon the gods to help heal them. They also had learned how to identify certain diseases -
The Chinese were the first to use primitive acupuncture therapies. Their methods eventually developed into the advanced practice of acupuncture -
The Greeks studied the cause of disease to determine that illnesses have natural cause rather than a spiritual cause. The Greeks observed and measured the effects of disease. -
The romans were the first to organize medical care. They sent medical equipment and physicians with their armies to care for the wounded soldiers. The romans developed the first hospital by the physicians keeping a room in their house for the ill which led to hospital buildings. -
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When the Roman Empire was conquered by the Huns which stopped the study of medical science. -
The bubonic pledge (the Black Death) medication at this time consisted of herbal mixtures and care was custodial -
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The terrible epidemics caused millions of deaths during the time period. The bubonic plague alone killed over 60 million people. Scientists have discovered vaccines and medications to control diseases. -
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The building of universities and medical schools for research. The acceptance if dissection of the body for study. They developed the printing press and publishing books allowing them to have better access to knowledge from research. -
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Leonardo da Vinci studied and recorded the anatomy of the body. -
Discovered the Fallopian tubes in a female -
Discovered the Eustachian tube which is the tube leading from the throat to the ear -
William Harvey was able to describe the circulation of blood and the pumping of the heart. -
Invented the micro scope, and found bacteria that cascade tooth decay that you couldn’t see -
Apothecaries engaged in a flourishing trade in drugs and spices from the east -
Identified the cause of childbed fever, large numbers of women died from this fever giving birth.
Noticed the patients of the midwifes had fewer deaths -
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Made discoveries that effect us in many ways including bifocals and that colds could be passed from person to person -
Students attended lectures, classes, and observed patients at the bedside
When a patient passed they dissected the body an observed the disease process leading to a better understanding of the illness and death -
Discovered the element oxygen
Also observed that plants referees air that has lost its oxygen which makes it usable for respiration -
Discovered a method of vaccination for smallpox, smallpox killed people in many epidemics
His discovery saved millions of lives and also led to immunization to preventive medicine in public health -
Invented the stethoscope, the first stethoscope made was made out of wood
The stethoscope increased ability to hear the heart and lungs -
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Attracted well educated, dedicated women to the nightingale school of nursing. The graduates from this school raised the standards of nursing ands nursing became a respectable profession. -
Known as the “father of microbiology”, discovered that that tiny microorganisms were everywhere. -
Discovered that some disease are caused by microorganisms that cant be seen with a microscope. they are called viruses, these viruses were not studied until the electron microscope was inv3nted in Germany. -
Learned that Pasteur discovery that microorganisms causes infection and used carbolic acid on wounds to kill germs that cause infection -
Developed asepis, he knew from research that germs caused infection in wounds. He developed a method to keep an area germ free before and during surgery which was the beginning of asepis -
Discovered many disease causing organisms. He developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens and also isolated the bacterium that causes tuberculosis -
Discovered the effect of medicine on disease causing microorganisms.
His treatment was effective against some microorganisms organisms but wasn’t effective killing other bacteria. His discovery brought the use of chemicals to fight disease -
Disconcerted x-rays in1985. he took the very first picture using x-rays of his wife’s hand. His discovery of x-rays helped doctors see the inside of the body and helped find out what was wrong with the patient -
Before the 19th century pain was a serious problem surgery was performed without anesthesia, early physicians used herbs,hashish, and alcohol to relieve pain from surgery. Many patients died from shock and pain, during the 19th and 20th centuries nitrous oxide, ether, and chloroform were discovered, these drugs have the ability to put people into a deep sleep so that they didn’t experience pain during surgery. -
Found that penicillin killed life threatening bacteria. The discovery of penicillin is considered one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century before this people died of illness that we consider curable today including pneumonia, gonorrhea, and blood poisoning. -
Discovered the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind. He studied effects of the unconscious mind on the body. He determined that the mind and body work together, this lead to an understanding of psychosomatic illness -
Discovered sulfanilamide compounds. These compounds were the first medications effective in killing bacteria. They then changed the the practice of medicine by killing deadly diseases -
Discovered that a dead polio virus would cause immunity to poliomyelitis. This virus paralyzed thousands of adults and children every year. It seemed to be moist effective on most active and athletic people. -
Used a live polio virus vaccine which is more effective, this vaccine is used today to immunize babies against this disease -
Discovered the molecular structure of DNA replicates and how heredity information is coded on it. This set the stage for rapid advances in molecular biology that continue to this day -
Preformed the first successful heart transplant in 1968 -
Continued to be a pioneer in separating Siamese twins and performing hemispherectomies, surgeries on the brain to stop seizures -
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- Patients who are getting or got surgery are sent home same day other than staying for 7 recovery days.
*Doctors are now practicing telemedicine which includes consultative, diagnostic, and treatment services.
- pacemakers can connect to cellphones.
- technology and machines have advanced
- Patients who are getting or got surgery are sent home same day other than staying for 7 recovery days.
*Doctors are now practicing telemedicine which includes consultative, diagnostic, and treatment services.