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People chewed the leaves of the foxglove plant to strengthen and slow the heartbeat. They also used herbs and plants as medicine. They would brake the skull witch caused death. -
Digitalis- Comes from the foxglove plant
Quinine- Comes from the bark of the cinchona tree
Belladonna and atropine- Are made from the poisonous nightshade plant.
Morphine- Is made from the opium poppy -
The Egyptians were the first people to keep accurate health records.
Physicians are priests
They healed by using medicines for diseases, they treated disorders by using blooding with the use of leaches.`` -
Their method eventually developed into the advanced practice of Chinese acupuncture, still can be used today. -
It was determined that illnesses may have natural, rather than spiritual, causes.
Dissection is the act or process of dividing, and taking apart so of the body.
Hippocrates wrote the standard of ethics called the oath of Hippocrates. -
They learned a sanitation system by bringing clean water into their cities by way of aqueducts waterways.
They organized medical care by sending medical equipment and physicians with their armies to care for wounded soldiers.
Hospital development was formed by making public buildings for the care of the sick were established. -
It stopped for a period of 1,000 years, because medicines were practiced only in convents and monasteries. Also because the church believed that life and death were in Gods hands. -
Scientist have discovered vaccines and medications to control these diseases. -
It caused millions of deaths during this time. Bubonic plague the Black Death alone killed 60 million people. -
There was the building of universities and medical schools for research.
The acceptance of dissection of the body for study.
The development of the printing press and the publishing of books, allowing greater access to knowledge from research. -
Studied and recorded the anatomy of the body. -
Discovered the Fallopian tubes of the female anatomy. -
Discovered the tube leading from the ear to the throat. Witch is called the Eustachian tube -
Discovered the function of the heart and the circulation of blood. -
Invented the microscope, establishing that there is life smaller than the eye can see. -
Early pharmacies, started in this time. Witch is a person who sales and prepares medicine -
Discovered bifocals and found that colds could be passed from person to person. -
Students were starting to learn in a new way. They attended lectures in the classroom and laboratory. They also observed patients at the bedside, dissected bodies after death and more students were studying medicine. -
Discovered the element oxygen. He also observed the plants refresh air that has lost its oxygen, making it usable for respiration. -
Discovered a method of vaccination for smallpox. He discovery saved millions of lives. -
Invented the stethoscope. The first one was made out of wood. It increased the ability to hear the heart and lung, allowing doctors to determine if disease was present. -
Identified the cause of childbed fever. A large amount of woman died from this fever after giving birth. -
During this time, nursing was considered unsuitable for a respectful lady. The people giving care to patents were amount the lowest in society. As Florence Nightingale was to say, nursing was left to people too old, too weak, to drunken, too dirty, or to do anything else. -
Is known as the father of Microbiology. He discovered that tiny microorganisms were everywhere. Through his experiments and studies, he proved that microorganisms were. caused by disease. -
He studied mosaic disease in tobacco, he first detailed many of the characteristics of the organisms that came to be known as viruses. -
Learned about pastures discovery that microorganisms cause infection. He used carbolic acid on wounds to kill germs that cause infection. -
Developed asepsis. He knew from Listers and Pasteurs research that germs caused infections in wounds. He developed a way to keep an area germ free before and during surgery. -
Discovered many disease causing organisms. He developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens and also isolated the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. -
Discovered the effect of medicine on disease causing microorganisms. His treatment was effective against some microorganisms but was not effective in killing other bacteria. -
Discovered x-ray in 1895. He took the very first picture using x-ray on his wife’s hand. His discovery allowed doctors to see inside the body and helped them discover what was wrong with the patient. -
Anesthesia is were you put someone to sleep before you do surgery. It’s also so they do not fell anything as the doctors cuts into there body. -
Found that penicillin killed life threatening bacteria. The discovery of penicillin is considered one of the most important discoveries of the twentieth century. -
Discovered the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind. He studied the effects of the unconscious mind on the body. He discovered that the mind and body work together. -
Discovered sulfonamide compounds. These compounds were the first medications effective in killing bacteria. -
Used a live Polio virus vaccine which is more effective. -
Used a live Polio virus vaccine which is more effective. -
Discovered the molecular structure in DNA replicates and how hereditary information is coded on it. -
Performed the first successful heart transplant in 1968. -
Continues to be a pioneer in separating Siamese twins and performing hemispherectomies, surgeries on the brain to stop seizures. -
Our society is discovering new approaches to medical care every year. Patients clients are being taught more about wellness sand they are learning more about self care. community has become more open to alternative and complementary methods of care. People now go to Ayurvedic practitioners, Chinese medicine practitioners, chiropractics, homeopaths, hypnotists, and naturopaths, to help meet their medical needs.