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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300
Middle Ages
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542
hospitals
hospitals in the middle ages were for many things and people such as the sick, injured, homeless, orphans, and many more. A hospitium was a hospital or hospice for pilgrims. Monks would provide expert medical care to the ones in need. -
1100
Theory of Humors
Greek scholars reviewed humorism and Romans and European doctors adopted it. the theory was that four different bodily fluids influence humans health. an imbalance would cause you to have to get treated such as getting blood-letting/using leeches. The theory lasted for 2,000 years, until scientists discredited it. -
1260
Henri de Mondeville
Henri de Mondeville was a french surgeon, who made the most contribution in his life in Montpellier, Paris. he went to Bologna and worked with Theodoric Borgognoni and started using his ways of dressing wounds. finally he went back to Montpellier and became a professor at the University of Montpellier. -
Period: Jan 1, 1301 to
Renaissance
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1493
Paracelsus
Paracelsus was a pioneer, emphasizing observation in combination and is known as the father of toxicology. -
1510
battlefield medicine
Ambroise Paré was a battlefield medic who used cauterization and boiled elderberry oil to treat his wounded patients. When he ran out of oil to use he went with turpentine, oil of roses, and egg yolk. -
Diagnosis & Treatment
the methods of treatment relied superstitious rites and magic. doctors would ask kings to touch the sick to cure them of their disease. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Vaccines
Edward Anthony Jenner was an english doctor who created the small pox vaccine. Jenner realized that milkmaids tend to be immune to the small pox disease. -
James Young Simpson
James Young Simpson was a Scottish and the first physician to demonstrate chloroform and its anesthetic properties. He had a vast range of interests from archaeology to hermaphroditism. -
Germ Theory
the theory that diseases could come out of thin air. in 1861, French microbiologist Louis Pasteur discovered that microscopic organisms also known as pathogens could spread infectious diseases into living hosts. -
Period: to
Modern World
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Georges Mathé
Georges Mathé was a French oncologist and immunologist. He was part of the french resistance during WWll. He was a specialist in hematology, but also studied immunology and oncology. -
Penicillin
Penicillin was the very first antibiotic and revolutionized the world on the war against bacteria. Penicillin was mass produced for use in World War ll. -
Organ Transplants
In Boston, USA, Dr Joseph Murray and Dr David Hume carried out the very first kidney transplant. Soon, various technical issues were overcome, such as vascular anastomosis. -
Period: to
21st Century
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Helene D. Gayle
Helene D. Gayle is the CEO The Chicago Community Trust, and she was president of CARE from 2006 to 2015. She has spent 20 years at CDC researching HIV/AIDS. -
HPV vaccines
the vaccine is delivered 3 times over 6 months and can help defend yourself against 4 different strains of HPV. -
Artificial intelligence
Life science companies and research institutions are inventing smarter and better ways to treat and diagnose diseases and illness by getting the help of giant companies such as Google, IBM and Apple.
