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170
Romans
(b.c.) Began public health and sanitation systems. -
Period: 360 to
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525
Egyptians
Earliest people know to keep accurate health records. -
Oct 1, 600
Hippocrates
The father of medicine(b.c.) -
Jan 2, 1000
First school of medicine
The first school of medicine was established in Salerno, Italy during the 1000s -
Oct 1, 1516
Leonardo Da Vinci
Drew disswction pictures -
William Harvey
Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart. -
Gabriel Fahrenheit
a Dutch-German-Polish physicist, engineer, and glass blower who is best known for inventing the alcohol thermometer (1709) and the mercury thermometer (1714), and for developing a temperature scale now named after him. -
Edward Jenner
Developed a vaccine for smallpox. -
Louis Pastuer
Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria. -
Gregory Mendel
Established patterns of heredity. -
Clara Barton
Founded the American Red Cross -
Joseph Lister
Began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery. -
William Roentgen
Discovered X-Ray -
Robert Koch
Awarded the Nobel prize for work with tuberculosis also developed a culture plate method to identify pathogens. -
Flu epidemic
Flu kills more that 675,000 or more -
Jonas Salk
Developed the polio vaccine. -
The Chinese
Used Acupuncture to relieve pain and congenstion. -
Dolly the sheep
First successful cloning. -
The Dark Ages
Prohibited study of medicine and put emphasis on saving the soul -
Rhazes
An Arab physician who began the use of animal gut for suture material.
