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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Advances in Medicine Technology
The technological advances in medicine and medical practices. -
First Thermometer
Galileo Galilei invented the first thermometer, but it was far too cumbersome for medical use. -
Scuuuuurvy!
James Lind discovers that citrus fruit prevents scurvy. It's to bad that citrus fruit spoils fast!! -
Smallpox Vaccination Method
Edward Jenner first injects an eight year old boy with cowpox and six weeks later he injects the same boy with smallpox. The boy never contracted the disease, which led Jenner to conclude that vaccination was possible. -
Anaesthetic
This is the year that Humphry Davy announces the anaesthetic property of ntrous oxide. He used it on himself for pleasure but later used it to numb the pain of his teeth being pulled. -
Stethoscope
Rene Laennee invenvted the stethoscope. A doctor was now able to hear what was going on within the patient's heart, lungs, and stomach. This meant that a diagnosis was faster and more accurate. -
A Usable Thermometer
The British doctor Thomas Allbutt made a small clinical thermometer that was small enough to finally use for medical purposes. -
The Sterile Enviornment
Joseph Lister started to clean equipment before use in surgery. Everyone was sceptical of his efforts, but as his death rate began to drop more and more doctors would adopt his practices. This lead to better treatment of patients and the replacement of carbonic acid with steam cleaning to kill germs in wounds, -
Rabies Vaccine
Louis Pasteur develops a rabies vaccine. He hypothesized that microorganisms could cause diseases in his "germ" theory. -
The X-Ray
William Conrad Rontgen discovers the x-ray by accident. He noticed that when he turned on his cathode ray tube, a piece of barum would glow. He knew that something must be connecting them in some way, which led to the discovery of the x-ray. -
Aspirin
Aspirin was invented in Germany. -
Blood Types
Karl Landsteiner discovered different blood types. He found that there were two types of protien that could be found on the surface of blood cells. He discovered that when type B blood was transplanted into somebody who had type A blood, the immune system would distroy the type B blood cells. -
The Electrocardioscope
William Einthoven built an electrocardiograph which recorded a hearts electrical pulses. Doctors were now able to see the irregularities in a heartbeat. -
Insulin
Fedrick Banting and Charles Best discover insulin. -
Tuberculosis and Tetanus
The first vaccines for Turberculosis and Tetanus. Vaccines for these diseases were a miricle because both were practically a death sentence, because Turberculosis attacked the lungs and Tetanus paralized the body. -
Penicilin
Alexander Fleming saw that there was far less bacteria growing when mold near one of his bacteria samples. He successfully collected a sample of the mold, but the research into penicilin did not start till much later, -
Polio
Jonas Salk developed the first polio vaccine. -
The Insulin Pump
Dean Kamen invents the Insulin Pump which makes the injection of insulin a whole lot easier -
The Surgical Robot
Yik San Kwoh invented the surgical robot which illimated the shaking doctor's hand, He also claimed that it was faster, safer, and less invasive. -
The Humane Genome
Scientists completed a final working draft of the human genome.