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The birth of a man who dedicated his life to properly examining his patients, while also respecting them.
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The Hippocratic Oath was formed to ensure patient privacy and safety.
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This symbol has been passed on for centuries. It’s based off of Asclepius, the Greek god of healing. His symbol is a snake.
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This was the birth of a man who practiced medicine and discovered various important body parts/functions.
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Galen discovered the 4 humors: blood, phlegm, yellow and black bile.
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Ch’üan is a Chinese physician. He discovered the symptoms of diabetes: sweet urine and thirst.
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Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzī built upon ideas of Hippocrates. He discovered the difference between smallpox and measles.
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Persian philosopher, Avicenna, put together 5 volumes on Greek and Arabic medicine.
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Norman king Roger announces that to practice medicine, a license is required.
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The Yersinia pestis bacterium was released, killing roughly 10,000 people daily at its peak.
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In Germany, the first association of midwives came together.
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Johannes Gutenberg invented an object to quickly spread ideas by printing them.
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This marks the birth of an important man in medicine due to his help in anatomy.
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Up until now, Catholic churches resented dissections. Due to huge protests, their opinion was forced to be changed.
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Andreas Vesalius conductsed the first accurate work on anatomy.
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The scientific method was created to put an end to guessing or using supernatural explanations in medicine.
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Marcello Marlphigi discovered capillaries under a microscope. As he progressed, he learned the importance of them as well.
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Hans Lippershey invented the microscope to see blood cells, bacteria, and protoza
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Edward Jenner used the fluid from cowpox, putting an end to harm caused by smallpox. The experiment was done on a young boy and proved successful.
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René Laennec invented the stethoscope in attempt to listen to the heartbeat.
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Joseph Lister ensured safety of patients by making aure to use clean instruments. He cleaned them using carbolic acid.
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Samuel Siegfried Karl Ritter von Basch discovered the sphygmomanometer. This instrument is used to take blood pressure.
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William Conrad Roentgen saw crystal glow on his table, then from there hypothesized and experimented.He used the mystery light rays to create X-rays.
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Pierre and Marie Currie discovered radium. They did so through extracts of uraninite.
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Sir Alexander Flemming discovered antibiotics. He also used penicillin.
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HeLa cells are apart of an immortal cell line. George Otto Gey discovered that the cells were able to remain alive and reproduce through lines.
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Dr. Joseph Murray and Dr. David Hume made the first organ transplant. They used a kidney on Richard Herrick from his twin brother.
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Since cardiovascular is the largest cause of disease, there had to be a fix or cure to the issue. Bypass surgeries and angioplasty are now discovered to assist in preventing the issue.
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The PUMA 560 Rob robotic arm was the first robotic surgery. This surgery was a neurosurgical biopsy.
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This marks the first successful extraction of human stem cells. The cells then grew on their own to further prove the experiment.
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This marks the completion of the ongoing Human Genome Project. This was conducted by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
