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Greeks (400 B.C.E.)
The Greeks began the study of disease. Hippocrates was an important historical figure and he was a Greek known as "The Father of Medicine." Hippocrates wrote the Code of Ethics. He also wrote a number of books emphasizing natural explanations and clinical observations. -
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Dark and Middle Ages "400 AD or CE"
Throughout the dark ages the study of medcal science stopped for over 1000 years. Also, medicine practiced only in monastries and convents. During the Dark ages people used herbal medicine to treat diseases. Throughout this time period there were also many plagues and epidemics such as, hubonic plague, smallpox, diphtheria, syphilis, and tuberculosis. -
Period: Jan 1, 1000 to Jan 1, 1492
Magic and Fath (A.D 1000 to 1492)
Throughout the early part of the millenium the medical system lacked experts trained in healing. Those who were thought to be "specialized practitioners" through monasteries or courts, were not knowledgeable medically. Figuratively anyone could be considered a healer. Throughout this time period there were no certifications or licensing required, resulting in many illnesses being self treated and others who sought practitioners who help specific beliefs. -
Sep 1, 1000
Schola Medica Salernitana (1000's)
The first school of medicine was eastablished in Salerno, Italy. It provided the most important source of medical knowledge in Western Europe at the time. -
Jan 1, 1095
The Crusades
The Crusades were a series of holy wars launched by the Christian states of Europe against the Saracens. -
Sep 1, 1200
Personal Hygiene Instituted
During this time period Measures for control of public hygiene were strictly instituted. -
Jan 1, 1300
Dissection of human corpse-Leanardo DaVinci(1300's)
The first dissection of human corpses were conducted by a man name Leonardo DaVinci. -
Jan 1, 1440
The invention of the Printing Press
Johannes Guttenberg invented the Printing Press, it was a machine that transferred lettering or images by contact with various forms of inked surface on to paper. This made communication much more successful throughout history. -
William Harvey "Blood Circulation"
William Harvey announced a revolutionary theory, that blood circulated throughout the body repeatidly in the early 1600s. -
Anton Von Leeuwenhoek
He invented the microscope. -
Benjamin Franklin "An Inventor"
Franklin was born in 1706. Benjamin Franklin was a scientist, publisher, and a statesman. He was known for his many inventions throughout history. A few of his many inventions consist of: the bifocals, lightning rod, odometer, stove and many other inventions, -
Gabriel Fahrenheit
Gabriel Fahrenheit created the first mercury thermometer. Also, in 1724 Fahrenheit introduced the standard temperature scale that bears his own name, "Fahrenheit scale," that was used to record changes in t emperature in an accurate fashion. -
Edward Jenner "Small Pox Vaccine"
Edward Jenner Developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796. -
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria. -
Florence Nightengale "Founder of Modern Nursing"
Florence Nightengale became the founder of modern nursing in the 1800s. -
Gregory Mendel
Gregory Mendel was known as "The Father of Genetics" and established the patterns of heredity. -
Dorthea Dix
Dorthea Dix was born in April of 1802. She was a superintendant of the female nurses in the army. Dorthea Dix was also known as the "Nurse of the Battlefield." Dix also helped the insane and built a school especially for girls. -
Elizabeth Blackwell
Born February 3, 1821 Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to graduate from medical school and a pioneer in educationg women in medicine. -
Womens Movement
The Womens Right Movement began in 1848 and still continues to be spoke of to this day. Throughout, the Womens Right Movement citizens and populations were seeking out equal treatment of men and woman. -
Sigmund Freud "Father of Psychology"
Sigmund Freud is known as the father of psychoanalysis, he was a physiologist, a medical doctor, psychologist, and an influential thinker of the early 20th century. He elaborated the theory that the mind is a complex energy system, the structural investigation of which is the proper province of psychology. -
Clara Barton "Angel of the Battlefield"
Clara Barton was known as the Angel of the Battlefield. She founded the American Red Cross in 1881. -
Robert Koch "Father of Microbiology"
Robert Koch was born December 11th, 1843. Koch was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905 for physiology and medicine. He developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens in the 1800s. Koch, discovered many disease-causing organisms- anthrax, tuberculosis, cholera. -
Joseph Lister
Lister declared that we need to clean our hands before surgery in 1883. -
William Roentgen "X-ray"
In 1895 William Roengten discovered X-rays. -
Abortion Controversy
Since, the 1900's Abortion has been a huge political controversy. It is currently legalized in several states and still holds debate as to whether it is a logical choice or if it is not. -
Marie Curie "Isolation of Radium"
In 1910 Marie Curie established the patterns of heredity. -
19th Ammendment
The 19th Ammendment to the constitution granted women the right to vote, and was signed into law by Secretary of State BainBridge Colby. -
Sir Alexander Fleming "Penicillin"
Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression occured in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. The Great Depression occured due to the catastrophic crash of the stock market on Wall Street. The Great Depression was not only a tremendous tragedy in America, but all around the world. -
Christopher Columbus
In 1942 Columbus discovers America -
Jonas Salk "Polio Vaccine"
Jonas Salk was born in New York City in 1914. In 1947 Salk became the head of the virus Research Lab at the University of Pittsburgh. He worked on improving the flu vaccine and continued studying poliovirus in hopes of creating a vaccine for polio. Little did he know, he would become the creator of the Polio Vaccine in 1952. -
Civil Rights Movement
The Civil Rights Movement was occured throughout the early and mid 1900s; when civil rights activists and students across the South challenged segregation. Also, the relatively new technology of television allowed Americans to witness the often brutal response to all of these protests. -
Christian Barnard
Performed the world's first heart transplant surgery. -
Louise Brown "Test Tube Baby"
In the 1970s, Louise Brown, was the first test tube baby to be conceived. -
Cloning "Dolly" Controversy
Dolly the sheep was the first living creature to be cloned. Cloning creates a political controversies, such as over population in the future, cloning going wrong, and many other controversies. -
Hippocrates 'The Birth of Hippocrates'
Hippocrates, otherwise known as "The Father of Medicine" was an ancient greek physician who ultimately changed the way others perceived the cause of diseases. He altered the course of Greek medicine with his certainty that diseases were not caused by gods or spirts, but was actually the result of natural action. -
Rhazes 841 AD- 926 AD
Rhazes born in 841 AD, was an Arab physician who began the use of animal gut for suture material. -
Egyptians (3500-500B,C,E,,Before Common Era)
The Egyptians were the earliest people known to keep accurate health records, earliest people to have identified some specific diseases, used medicines to heal diseases, and they are the earliest people known to have used splints for fractures.
