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Period: 500 BCE to Dec 31, 1300
The Middle Ages
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Jan 1, 700
The Beginning of Medical Care Regulations
Physicians were licensed after formal training and experience with licensed doctors, this made medical care more safe. -
Jan 1, 754
The first pharmacy waas estblished
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Jan 1, 800
Jacoba Felicie
She was a Frenchwomen who wanted to practice medicine even though in the Middle Ages it was illegal for females to get a medical license. -
Jan 1, 900
Rhazes
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Jan 1, 1010
Roger Bacon
Invented spectacles -
Jan 1, 1231
Frederick ll promulgated a set of laws concerning medical education standards and licensure that were for ahead of his time.
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Period: Jan 1, 1301 to
The Renaissance
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Jan 1, 1315
The Italian physician Mondino de Luzzi even conducted a public dissection for his students and spectators.
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Jan 1, 1352
The earliest depiction of a person wearing glasses.
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Jan 1, 1390
The most famous medieval book on herbs is probally the "Red Book of Hergest," was written in Welsh
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Jan 1, 1500
The first written record of having both a mother and baby surviving a cesarean section.
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Jan 1, 1547
Girolamo Fracastoro- He was the first doctor to have suggested that human diseases may be caused by pathogens.
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Dissection began to allow a better understanding of anatomy and physiology
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The Great Plague of London Enquiry- one of the first major outbreaks for which we have a wide range of contemporary accounts and records.
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Microscopes
This allowed doctors and surgeons to get a better look at someone to make a more accurate diagnosis -
Period: to
The Industrial Revolution
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Edward Jenner
He observed that milkmaids exposed to cowpox. His observations would soon change the way we treat disease in the medical field. -
Joseph Lister
He had well thought out idea that if you used carbolic soap to disinfect the instruments and your hands used during surgery, you could stop the spread of pathogens that caused infection. -
Robert Koch
He discovered that pathogens were disease causing microorganisms. -
Vaccine for rabies was found
The vaccine was found by Louis Pasteur and Emile Roux. -
Bubonic Plauge
A rare but bacterial infection that's transmitted by fleas. -
Anesthetic
They use of either an anesthetic began during this period. This made painless surgery possible from the industrial revolution on out. -
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The Modern World
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Electronic and Computer Advnces
Electronic advances have dramatically changed the way health care manages. It is easier for nurses and doctors to access charts and discover the needs of a patient. -
Elizabeth Blackwell
Women are finally allowed to practice medicine in the modern times. Elizabeth Blackwell is the first female physician in the 1900's. -
Organ Transplants
Organ Transplants are easier, more common, and have a better outcome rate than ever before. -
In vitro Fertilization
Couples who have been infertile now have many medical options to choose and proceed to take and try to have children. The birth rate is rising all over the world. -
Electronic Information
Information is easier to receive than ever before. Physicians and patients do not even have to be in the same country to receive advice or treatment . Computerized surgical equipment helps thousands all over the world. -
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The 21st Century
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Cancer Vaccine
First vaccine to target a cause of cancer. -
Preventative Care
People are now going in for check ups to make sure they are healthy and safe to continue their lives. -
Adapting
The 21st century medical field is all learning about things causing harm to people and adapting so they can prevent/treat people. -
Ben Carson
Ben Carson is not only a political leader, but famous Neurologist in the 21st century. He is a highly trained world renowned neurosurgeon.
