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500
Barber surgeons cut hair, perform surgery, barber pole symbol popularized
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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
Middle Ages
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Aug 5, 900
Discovery of the differences between small pox and measles
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Jun 4, 1000
Medical care becomes regulated
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Feb 9, 1200
Ferrarius
Famous Sicilian Physician -
Sep 27, 1400
Jacoba Felicie
Women tries to practice medicine but is declined -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Renaissance
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Use of scientific method begins
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Human Anatomical studies allowed
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Printing Press allows for publication of discoveries
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Robert Hooke
Most famous for the discovery of "cells" -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Edward Jenner discovered 1st vaccination
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Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope
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Louis Pasteur (microbiology) pasteurization of milk
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Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity
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Bubonic plague hits San Francisco
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Period: to
Modern World
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Discovery of organ transplants, X-rays, radium for cancer treatments, MRI, CAT scans
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Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
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First HMO insurance
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WHO declares smallpox eradictated
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AZT is used to combat AIDS
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Period: to
21st Century
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Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment
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Electronic Health Records in use
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Gardasil approved by the FDA
*Gardasil- a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer -
Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells
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The first FDA approved implanted AbioCor artifical heart placed in a patient
