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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300
Middle ages
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860
Barber Surgoens
Barber-surgeons performed surgery to treat cataracts and practiced phlebotomy. They also served with the military and treated injuries sustained in battle. They amputated limbs and burned the stumps to seal the blood vessels. -
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Religion and Medicine
Religion continued to play a significant role in healthcare. Both Christian and Muslim teachings encourage the care of those in need. -
972
The beginning of medicine care regulation
Regulation of medical care began in the Middle Ages. Physicians were licensed after formal training with experienced doctors. Physicians and surgeons received different training -
Period: Jan 1, 1301 to
Renaissance
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1527
Changes
This was a major change in the way people thought about medicine and research. -
Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke built one of the first reflecting microscopes. -
health care Renaissance
Medical practice went through many changes during the Renaissance, which began during the fourteenth century and lasted until the seventeenth. -
health care Renaissance
During the Age of Enlightenment, a philosophical movement of the 1700s, studies of the human anatomy took place -
Period: to
Industial Revolution
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The stethoscope
New diagnostic tools such as the stethoscope were invented. Blood cells, bacteria, and protozoa could now be seen with a microscope. Doctors knew that blood was carried through the body by large vessels, but they did not know how blood circulated throughout the body. -
Edward Jenner
A connection was made between health and the environment . Edward Jenner an English doctor, discovered that milkmaids exposed to cowpox did not get smallpox -
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur carried out experiments that became the basis for modern microbiology. -
Joseph Lister
Joseph Lister was ridiculed for insisting on the use of carbolic soap to disinfect instruments and clean hands before doctors moved to another patient. -
Robert Koch
Robert Koch discovered that pathogens, or disease-producing microorganisms, are the source of some diseases and proved that Lister was correct. -
Period: to
Modern Wolrd
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Antibiotics
Antibiotics were invented. Radium, used for cancer treatment, was discovered. -
Artifical organs
The development of artificial organs is progressing -
MRI machine
The development of computed axial tomography (CT scan), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and ultrasound or sonographic imaging has improved diagnosis and treatment for many diseases. -
X-rays
The use of X-rays gained importance in noninvasive diagnoses. The development of computed axial tomography (CT scan), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and ultrasound or sonographic imaging has improved diagnosis and treatment for many diseases. -
Improvment
Research, technology, and improved care techniques are extending the horizon for healthcare. -
Longer healther lifes
People in many areas of the world are living longer and healthier lives because of vaccines, clean water, and better nutrition. -
Period: to 219
21TH century
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Electronic records
Electronic health records and electronic communication provide instant transmission of information. -
Facetime in the medical pathway
Physicians and patients need not be in the same room or even the same country to give and receive advice and treatment. -
Rapid progress in science and tech
The rapid progress in science and technology is expected to continue through the twenty-first century and bring many more changes and challenges to healthcare professionals -
Surgeries
Surgeries are performed with intricate computerized equipment.