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Trepanned is a tool that is used to shallow holes.These tools are used to cut holes into a human's head
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Ancient Egyptians surgeons used clamps,saws,forceps,scalpels.These were the tools for surgeons during the ancient time but helped modern tools improve over the years.
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Hippocrates was a Greek physician, who become a famous figure in the history of medicine. He was most famous for his Hippocratic Oath which explains a lot of things such as keep the patients privacy,preventing diseases, and many more. Hippocrates Oath was re-written in 1964 by Louis lasagna.
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Ancient Greeks Bathe wounds in wine to prevent the wounds being infected. This may seem odd but also helped improve modern day disinfectant.
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Galen was a physician, writer and philosopher. His theories dominated European medicine for many years.he documented the importance of spinal cord for the movement of the limbs and did tracheotomy to help breathing issues.
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A dangerous diease that killed 10,000 people/day.This plaque was mainly carried around by mouses and their fleas.
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Chen describes symptoms of diabetes by thirst and a sweet urine.Chen's discoveries helped modern day chemicals figure out if urine was sweet or not and help figure out if someone has diabetes
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Norman King Rodger II made it that you need a license to practice medicine. ( Woman are not allowed to practice medicine during this time. ) But Midwives are allowed to assist women in labor.
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Christians and Muslims both had different hospitals during the middle ages.In Islamic hospitals they had wards for diffrent illnesses and train nurses.In Christian hospitals they had local healers and a common treatment was to rest and pray.
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Barber surgeons did amputations and set broken bones ( also many more ).Barber surgeons are in a lower status than university educated doctors.
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The church allowed some dissections of human bodies at medical schools but Galen ideas still dominate.Dissections allowed others to see into the human body, which could help them discover further into the human body.
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Leonardo dissects human bodies and creates drawings of the body. These drawings showed how a human body somewhat looks like.
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Ambrose Pare created a mixture of egg yolk,rose oil, and turpentine rather than hot oil. Pare used this mixture on wounds
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Andreas Veasalius made The Fabric of the Human Body.It contained many realistic drawings of the human body
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek made a improvement to the microscope.This discovery helped the study of microbiology improve over time.
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Claudius Aymand performs the first successful appendectomy.This success made doctors confident on doing appendix surgery's.
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Doninique-Jean Larrey invents a ambulance service for wounded men.The ambulance made a quicker way to bring injured people to the hospital.
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Edward Jenner made the worlds first vaccination ( also the worlds first Small Pox Vaccination ). This creation made a huge impact in the medical industry, since vaccination could prevent diseases and many more illnesses.
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Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope.The stethoscope made huge impact since we didn't need to struggle to hear someones heart beat.
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James performs the first successful transfusion of human blood.This changed history since it helped transfusion to become a safer practice
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Rubber gloves are first used during surgery. Rubber gloves helped improve infection and are safer for the surgeons.
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Novocaine is used as a local anesthetic. Novocaine gets used a lot in dentistry since it reduces pain.
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The first kidney transplant is done, by Richard Lawler. This kidney transplant gave many people chances to donate and to get a kidney, this saved many peoples lives.
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HeLa cells are oldest and most commonly used cell. HeLa cells are used in research
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Lasers are first used for eye surgery. Laser eye surgery helped many people who had bad eyesight and this improved their eyesight.
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The first heart transplant is done by Christiaan Barnard. Heart transplants saved tons of people which is what made a huge impact to history.
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The first Liver Transplant was done by Dr. Starzl, it was the first successful liver transplant.Liver transplants now are done in hundreds of hospitals.
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Stems cells can develop into many different cells.Stem cells offer new potentials for treating diseases such as diabetes, and heart disease.
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First face plant surgery was done.The surgery was historical since it was the first time someone ever got a face plant surgery.
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The first ever leg transplant is done.This new transplant improved how we do leg transplant to this day.
