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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
The Middle Ages
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900
Rhazes
Discovered the difference between small pox and measles. -
1140
Practicing Medicine
Practicing medicine without a license was forbidden -
1300
Islamic Hospitals Started to Open
Health care for the sick. -
1340
University at Montpellier
Included a school of Anatomy -
1346
The Plague ravaged Europe
The rich and poor alike succumbed with terrifying speed. -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Renaissance
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1510
Human anatomical studies allowed
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Scientific Method
The use of the Scientific Method begins -
Robert Hooke
Reflective Microscope -
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas -
Discoveries
Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope. -
Edward Jenner
Discovered 1st Vaccination -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Joseph Lister
Practice of medical asepsis -
Marie Curie
Discovers science of radioactivity -
Bubonic Plague hits San Fransisco
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Period: to
Modern World
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Alexander Fleming
Discovers penicillin -
First HMO Insurance
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Salk discovers polio vaccine
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WHO declares smallpox eradicated
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AZT is used to combat AIDS
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Period: to
21st Century
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Steve Thomas
Used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment -
Gardasil
A vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by the FDA -
MIPPA
Provides incentives for practitioners who use electronic health records and e-prescribing. -
Discovery
Scientists discover hot to use human skin cells to create embryonic cells -
AbioCor
The first FDA approved implanted Abiocor artificial heart placed in pacient on June 24. Patient died on August 23.
