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400
Hippocrates 400 B.C.E
The Father of Medicine -
500
Egyptians 3500-500 B.C.E.
Earliest people known to maintain accurate health records. -
Period: Oct 9, 1400 to
Renaissance
First medical schools were built -
Period: Oct 9, 1500 to
Andreas Vesalius, Leonardo DaVinici, William Harvey, and Anton Von Leeqwenhock
dissected human bodies and made the first anatomical drawings.William described the circulation of blood and the pumping of the heart. Anton invented the microscope. -
Period: to
Franklin and Laennec
Franklin; Invented bifocals and found that coulds could be passed from person to person. Laennec ; Invented the stethoscope. -
Birth of the U.S.A.
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Jenner;
Vaccination for Smallpox -
Period: to
Joseph Lister, Ignas Semmelweiss, Louis Pasteur, Robert Koch, and Signond Freud
Lister, first doctor to use an antiseptic during surgery to prevent infection in the incision. Semmelweiss, identified the cause of maternal infection. Pasteur, heating milk killed growth of bacteria. Koch "father of Microbiology. Freud studiesd the effects of the unconscious mind. -
Elizabeth Blackwell
She became the first woman to qualify as a doctor in the U.S. -
Clara Barton
Founded the American Red Cross -
William Roentgen
Discovered X-Rays -
Middle Ages 400-1400 C.E
Medicine practiecd only in monasteries, the saving the soul and study of medicince was prohibited. -
Marie Curie
Isolated Radium in 1910 -
World War I
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Alexander Fleming
Discovered penicillin -
Period: to
Cold War
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Jonas Salk
Developed the polio vaccien -
Christian Bannard
performed the world's first heart transplant surgery -
Period: to
Newer Invertions
Tissue Cloning; is the process of creating an identical copy of an original cell. Gene Mapping; refers to the mapping of genes to specific locations on chromosomes.
