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Ancient healers often used herbs, diet, and rest in treatment. There is evidence to also support minor surgeries, although anesthesia was not yet invented.
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In the middle ages reason began to replace belief in spiritual causes of illness. Barber Surgeons performed things such as cataract surgery, limb amputations, and blood letting. The barber symbol stands for blood, veins, and bandages.
In the beginning of medical care regulation: You were licensed after formal training. -
Written by Diocles.
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Rhazes wrote about the difference between smallpox and measles, and provided a clear understanding of the causes of disease.
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In the renaissance the invention of the printing press helped discoveries spread faster, and the microscope, and the study of anatomy brought on the enlightenment.
In the industrials revolution the stethoscope was invented. Vaccinations were invented. Modern medicine was born. Lios pasture built the basis of microbiology. J. Lister began the sterilization and hand washing. Robert coke found that pathogens were the source of disease. Ether became a popular practice for anesthesia. -
Done by Leonardo Da Vinci.
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Sir Christopher Wren perfects this procedure, using canines.
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Roentgen earns his Nobel Prize in physics. Alzheimer is also discovered as well as different blood types.
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The vaccine for Yellow fever was released.
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Before hand, Mercury was used to treat Syphilis.
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We have antibiotics, radium, cat scans, MRI, ultrasounds, and organ transplants.
