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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
Middle Ages
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900
Rhazes
discovered the difference between smallpox and measles -
900
Medical care became regulated
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1300
Islamic hospitals were made
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1300
Christian monasteries were founded to treat the ill
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1400
Jacoba Felicie (Frenchwoman)
tries to practice medicine but is denied -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Renaissance
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Use of scientific method begins
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Human anatomical becomes allowed
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Robert Hooke
reflective microscope -
printing press allows publication of discoveries
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
describes bacteria -
Edward Jenner
discovered the 1st vaccination -
discovery of cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope
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Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Louis Pasteur
pasteurization of milk -
Period: to
Modern World
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Marie Curie
discovers science of radioactivity -
Bubonic plague hits San Francisco
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Alexander Fleming
discovers penicillin -
first HMO insurance
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Salk
discovers polio vaccine -
managed health care ; growth in uninsured
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AZT is used to combat AIDS
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Period: to
21st Century
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Steve Thomas
uses sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment -
Gardasil
a vaccine used to prevent cervical cancer approved by the FDA -
embryonic stem cells
scientist discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells -
MIPPA
provides incentives for practitioners who use electronic health records and e-prescribing -
FDA approved implanted AbioCar artificial heart
first implanted AbioCar artificial heart was placed inside a patient on June 24, the patient dies on August 23
