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The Study of medical science stopped for over 1000 years.
Medicine practiced only in monasteries and convents.
Used herbal medicine
There were many plagues and epidenics- bubonic plague, small pox, diphtheria, syphilis, tuberulosis -
Rebirth of Science
Medical Schools were built
The Printing press mad books possible and knowledge was shared.
Accepted the study of the body by dissection. -
Dissected human bodies and made the first anatomical drawings. These helped in understanding the organs and systems of the human body.
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Described the circulation of blood and the pumping of the heart.
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Invented the microscope
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Invented bifocals and found that colds could be passed from person to person
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Developed the vaccine for small pox
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Invented the Stethoscope
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The First doctor to use an antiseptic during sex to prevent infection in the incision.
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Identified the cause of maternal infections and instituted hand washing.
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Rabies vaccine proved that microorganisms caused disease and discovered tha theathing milk prevented the growth of bacteria(Pasteurization)
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Father of Microbiology.
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The first women to qualify as a doctor in the U.S. Inspired Florence NIghtingale to pursue nursing.
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Founded the American Red Cross
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Descovered x-rays. This descovery allowed doctors to see inside the body to discover what was wrong witht hte patient.
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isolated raidum
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Descovered Penicillin
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Developed the polio vaccine
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Louis Brown
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Start having blood tests.
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The process of creating an identical copy of an origional.
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Refers to the mappin gof genes to specific locatoins on chromosomes.
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Surgery on minute body structures or cells performed with the aid of a microscope and other specialized instruments, such as a micromanipulator.
