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19
Zika Virus
The Zika virus protection was found to help prevent getting the Zika virus -
300
Galen
Galen was a Greek physician, writer, and philosopher. Who had a influence on the medical theory. -
500
Four body fluids
Yellow bile which meant lungs, black bile which meant spleen, phlegm which meant the head and blood which meant gall bladder -
Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300
Middle Ages
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800
Witches
People went to witches which they believed that they had healing potions. -
850
Plants being used
Plants were used such as herbs to help. It was a form of medicine during the middle ages -
1300
Dissections
Dissections were done to both humans and animals to demonstrate that the arteries carried blood and not air -
1301
Important Advancements
Diseases and injury treatments were much better -
Period: Jan 1, 1301 to
Renaissance
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1478
Girolamo Fracastro
Girolamo Fracastro, was the first doctor to suggest that human diseases may be caused by pathogens. -
1515
William Harvey
William Harvey, was the first doctor to describe properly how the human circulatory system works. -
Rhubarb
The Rhubarb from Asia was used widely to purge the bowels -
Bark of a Cinchona tree
Bark from a Cinchona tree was used to help treat fevers. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Rene Laennec
Invented the stethoscope and pioneered it's use in diagnosis of chest infections. -
Humphry Davy
He had realized that inhaling ether relieved pain. -
Discovery of Anesthetics
Surgery was improved by the discovery of anesthetics helped to numb the pain, and prevent feeling cuts and amputations. -
Syringe
The hypodermic syringe was invented -
Louis Pasteur
He proved that microscopic organisms caused diseases. -
Wilhelm Roentgen
Wilhelm Roentgen discovered the x-ray which helped find broken bones, or anything else that could be found wrong or sprained. -
Florence Nightingale
She was a nurse, statistician,and a writer. She helped improve hygiene and other things. -
Chicken Cholera
The first laboratory-developed vaccine, which was against chicken cholera was made -
Period: to
Modern World
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Antibiotic
Antibiotics were discovered and were used to help develop vaccines for diphtheria and tetanus. -
Heart transplant
This was the year the first successful heart transplant was done. -
Cancer treatments
Treatments were discovered to help. -
David Knipe
Developed a replication-deficient vaccine called d15-29 which stimulates the immune system from inside the host cells -
Period: to
21st Century
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Environmental stimuli
The environmental stimuli activated certain sections of DNA found