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Regulation of medical care began physicians were licensed after formal training with experienced doctors. Physicians and surgeons received different training.
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Persian doctor Rhazes discovers the differences between smallpox and measles.
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Barber-surgeons cut hair and also performed surgery to treat cataracts and practiced phlebotomy.
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Many Islamic hospitals were built. Each hospital had separate wards for different illnesses, employed trained nurses, and organized stocks of medicine.
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Christian churches believed it was necessary to help the sick and needy. They believed that they would help with prayers. And that the best treatment was rest.
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The printing press was invented so books could be made quicker so new discoveries in medicine could be spread quicker.
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The scientific method was getting more popular and changed the way that people thought about science and medicine.
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People began to actually look around and find the answer to a problem. They looked in the human body and used microscopes to study patients.
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Robert Hooke built on of the first reflecting microscopes so doctors could study patients and their symptoms much better.
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During the 1700 studies of the human anatomy started happening. The church had forbidden them but they proved many beliefs wrong.
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Edward Jenner discovered vaccinations and started treating people so they did not contract diseases.
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Doctors could now see blood cells, bacteria, and protozoa with a microscope.
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The stethoscope was invented by Rene Laennec which allowed doctors to listen to people hearts to hear their heartbeat.
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Joseph Lister said that doctors should disinfect the medical tools they used on patients before they move onto another patient.
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He discovered pathogens which are disease producing were the source of some disease which proved Lister correct in his theory that we need to disinfect the instruments.
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Radium was discovered and used to help treat people with cancer to give them a better chance at living.
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Antibiotics were invented so if someone had a cold they could take some and get better quicker than just waiting for it to naturally go away.
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Organ transplants became more common and more successful so people don't have to worry as much.
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IVF was invented by Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards and allows infertile people to have children.
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The MRI was discovered by Raymond Damadian and used to help doctors detect where a tumor or disease was in a patients body.
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Surgeries are happening with very advanced technology and are safer than ever with the advanced medical world we live in.
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People could communicate instantly and doctors can see a patients history on a tablet instead of having to look through all the papers.
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Doctors and patients don't have to be in the same room for a doctor to give a patient advice or treatment.
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Since the world has become so advanced in the healthcare industry people are living longer and healthier lives.
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Stem cells are being used to make new individualized drugs and treatments for people.
