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Evil spirits
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They practiced exorcism to get rid of the evil spirits.
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- Digitalis 2.Quinine
- Belladonna and Atropine
- Morphine
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Health records- They were the first people to keep accurate health records. Who are the physicians? The priests. How did they heal? They used splinting fractures and bloodletting.
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Development of acupuncture- They figured out they could use stone tools to heal people and now they still use it today. -
Illness cause nature v.s. Spiritual- They realized that illness may have a natural cause rather than spiritual. Dissection- Religion's did not allow dissections of the bodies. Hippocrates- He kept many notes on symptoms and figured out that illness and disease was not caused by supernatural forces . -
Sanitation systems- They brought clean water to their cities and made sewers to carry away waste. They also built public baths with a filtering system. Organize medical care- They kept a room in their house for the ill and sent medical equipment to the soldiers to treat them. Hospital development- When they started having rooms in their house for the ill that was the beginning of hospitals. -
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They stopped because they only practiced it in convents or monasteries.
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They treated diseases by herbal mixes.
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Epidemics caused millions of deaths during this period. A big one was the bubonic plague (the Black Death). This killed 60 million people. Now they have vaccines.
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- This was the “rebirth” of learning.
- They built medical schools and universities
- They accepted dissection of bodies
- Printing of books allowed greater knowledge
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He studied and recorded anatomy. -
He discovered the fallopian tubes of the female anatomy.
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He discovered the tube leading from the ear to the throat.
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He was able to describe the circulation of blood and pumping of the heart. -
He invented the microscope. He too the bacteria off of his teeth and put it under the microscope and realized that germs were now visible.
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These were where you could trade in drugs and spices.
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He found colds could be passed around. -
Students learned by attending lectures and also observing patients. When someone died they were able to dissect the body.
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He discovered the element of oxygen. He also observed that plants refresh air that has lost its oxygen. -
He discovered a method of vaccine for small pox. -
He invited the stethoscope. This increased the sound of heartbeats. -
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He identified the cause of childbed fever.
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People were opposed to her liking to caring for the ill so she took 38 women to war.
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He discovered that micro organisms were everywhere. He also proved to everyone that micro organisms cause disease. -
He discovered that some micro organisms cannot be seen without a microscope.
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He learned about Pasteurs micro organisms and he found out that carbolic acid will kill germs on wounds.
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He knew about diseases so he made a germ free area for surgery and medical areas.
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He discovered many disease causing organisms. He discovered he could identify pathogens and isolated the bacterium that causes tuberculosis.
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He discovered the effect of medicine on disease causing micro organisms. His discoveries brought about the use of chemicals to fight disease.
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discovered x rays in 1895. He took a picture of his wife’s hand. This allowed doctors to see inside the body.
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Early physicians used herbs, hashish, and alcohol to help relieve pain of the surgery.
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Found penicillin killed life threatening bacteria. This is the most important discoveries of the 20th century.
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He discovered the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind.
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Discovered sulfonamide compounds. These compounds were the first medications effective in killing bacteria.
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discovered that polio virus would cause immunity to poliomyelitis.
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used a live polio virus vaccine, which is more effective. This vaccine is used today to immunize babies.
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discovered the model structure of DNA. Their model showed how it can duplicate.
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Performed the first successful heart transplant in 1968.
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continues to be a pioneer in separating Siamese twins and performing hemispheretomies, surgeries on the brain to stop seizures.
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When you donate a part of your body for another person. Ex: kidney
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People have realized that people have been living longer and longer due to the advances in technology in the medical world.
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Radiation has been introduced for a partial helping agent for cancer.
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The electronics advanced by introducing iPhones, iPads, and etc.
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Medically being able to care more in depth for fetuses when they are born.