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Evil spirits
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Herbs and plants.
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They called god to heal them also learned to identify certain diseases
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The development of acupuncture let us treat illness and disease with stone tools
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Illness cause by nature or spiritual: Illness may have more natural rather than spiritual. Dissection: religious custom did not allow bodies to be dissected. Hippocrates: base knowledge of anatomy and physiology and external body.
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Sanitation systems: water ways ( bringing water)to the city and sewers where build for waste. Public baths were also added at this time. Organize medical care :
The Romans were the first to have an organize medical care. Also sent medical equipment and physicians with armies and their friends. Hospital development: buildings were hospitals for people to go to when there sick. -
Stoped the study of medical in 500 AD ? Roman Empire was conquered by the Huns. Which stopped the study of medicine How do they treat diseases? With vaccines and medications.
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Epidemics (1100)AD : the epidemics caused millions of deaths with the bubonic plague ( Black Death) killed 60 million people alone.
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Rebirth (1450 AD) Universities: medical schools for research The acceptance of dissection of the body for medical study. Books give us more knowledge and research about the body and illness.
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Leonardo de Vinci :found out how anatomy works -
Discovered the fallopian tubes
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Discovered the Eustachian tube ( a tube that runs from the ear to the throat.
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Understanding of physiology and the circulation of blood like heart pumping.
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Invented the microscope and found tooth decay also how it forms.
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trading drugs and spices in the east
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Discoveries colds and how they spread
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Medical students are learning anatomy in the body and cures for sickness.
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Discovered the element of oxygen
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Invented the stethoscope ( the first stethoscope was made out of wood) the stethoscope increased the ability to hear lungs and heart.
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Identified the cause of childhood fever(puerperal fever) large numbers of women died from the puerperal fever.
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Had an interest in caring for people and gain experience by volunteering in hospitals during the Crimean war.
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Known as the father of microbiology discovered that tiny microorganisms were everywhere also found out that pasteurization kills bacteria in milk also created a vaccine for rabies.
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Discovered that are caused by microorganisms that can only be seen with a microscope. Also discovered that chicken pox’s,measles,rabies and influenza. Was diseases caused by viruses.
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Learned the discovery that microorganism cause infections. Carbolic acid was used on wounds to kill germs
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Developed asepsis and did research that germ caused infection in wounds.
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Discovered many disease-causing organisms. Also discovered the development of culture plate method( isolated bacteria)
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Discovered that chemicals can fight to kill disease. Completed 606 experiments to treat syphilis
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Discovered the x-ray in 1895 toke the first picture of the x-ray using a hand. -
Discovered the conscious and unconscious part of the mind. Studied the effects of the unconscious mind on the body. Studied the psychological and psychiatry.
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Performed on separating Siamese twins also performed hemispherectomies ( surgeries on the brain to stop the brain from seizures)
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Discovered that penicillin kills life threatening bacteria.before penicillin people died form pneumonia,gonorrhea and blood poisoning. Cause there was nothing to fight off the illnesss before.
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Discovered sulfonamide compounds.(first medication) to kill bacteria.
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Discovered using a live polio virus vaccine was more affected. The vaccine is now used today to immunize babies against the disease.
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Discovered the polio virus which is a virus that paralyzes thousands of adults and children and attacks the most active people.
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In the twenty first century healthy doesn’t mean just physical health it also means mental too. Also now when you have a surgery’s you go home the same day. Another thing that happened in the 21st century was many vaccines such as the first influenza vaccine in 2003 then the first human papilloma viruses which is a vaccine for cervical cancer.
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Discovered the DNA molecule structure based on the double helix. Also discovered how DNA replicates and how hereditary information is coded on it. They won a Nobel prize in medicine for this discovery. -
In 2900 BC prisests were physicians who toke care of people
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With physicians and medicines
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Digitalis : comes from a foxglove plant, taken as a pill to help treat heart conditions. Quinine: bark from a cinchona tree, helps fevers and relieve muscle spasms also helps prevent malaria. Belladonna and atropine :made from poisonous night shade plant that relieve muscle spasms and GI ( gastrointestinal pain ). Morphine: from opium poppy treating severe pain, can be addicting only used when nothing else works.