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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
Middle Ages
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Jun 27, 900
Rhazes
Discovered the difference between small pox and measles -
1000
Medical care becomes regulated
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1300
Islamic Hospitals
It was a health care for the sick -
1335
Christian Monsasteries
Founded to treat the ill -
1400
French Women Jacoba Felicie
Tried to practice medicine, but It was declined -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Renaissance
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Scientific Method
The scientific method is a process used to acquire new knowledge. Instead of guesswork or the super-natural to figure out things. They looked what they saw around them. (Based on observation & notes) -
Printing Press
was allowed for publication of discoveries -
Robert Hooke
Reflective Microscope -
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
described bacteria -
Francis Bacon
Francis used the microscope to discover plague fleas -
Edward Jenner
Discovered the 1st vaccination -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Robert Koch
Discovery of pathogens until 1910 -
Importance of Hand Washing
Ignaz Semmelweis showed the important of handwashing. This helped reduce childbed fever. -
Marie Curie
Marie Curie started to discover science of radioactivity. It went on until 1904. -
Stopping the Outbreak of cholera
Cholera is a bacterial disease. It can be caused by drinking contaminated water. John snow stopped the outbreak in 1854. -
Period: to
Modern World
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Discovered
Discovery of organ transplants, X-rays, radium for cancer treatment, MRI, and cat scans. -
Alexander Fleming
He discovered penicillin.He started from 1928-1945. -
Jonas Salk Discovery
Salk discovered polio vaccine -
WHO declares smallpox eradicated
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AZT
AZT is used to combat AIDS from 1981-1986 -
Period: to
21st Century
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Steve Thomas
Used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatments -
Gardasil
A vaccine to prevent cervical cancer was approved by the FDA. -
Scientists Discovered
Around 2008-2009, scientists discovered how to use human skill cells to create embryonic stem cells. -
MIPPA
MIPPA provides incentives for practitioners who use electronic health records and e-prescribing -
FDA Approval
The first FDA Approved implanted AbioCor artificial heat placed in a patient on June 24. The patient passed on August 23.
