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200
Barber Surgeons not only cut hair, and the spinning barber pole came about
The spinning red barber pole is tied to the ritual of bloodletting, red resembling the blood and the white resembling the towel of which they would clean the blood up with. -
Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300
Middle Ages
The earliest recorded time, filled with the most early stages of medical advancements -
754
Pharmacies invented!!
Baghdad was the first place a pharmacy was developed. As one medieval physician said these were places for “the art of knowing the materia medica simples in their various species, types and shapes. From these, the pharmacist prepares compounded medications as prescribed and ordered by the prescribing physician.” -
900
Difference between Smallpox and Measles identified
A Persian doctor named Rhazes discovered the difference between smallpox and measles which was essential to finding a remedy for the side effects of the said disease He wrote about his findings around CE 900. His works were used until the 1800s. -
1300
Mondino de Luzzi/ dissections
In the year 1300, Italian doctor Mondino de Luzzi performed the first public recorded dissection in front of his students and spectators. -
1300
Jacoba Felicie
Jacoba Felicie was a french aspiring practitioner, but was denied experimenting access to further her learning because she was a women. -
Period: Jan 1, 1301 to
Renaissance
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Middle Eastern treatment
All throughout the Middle East, visitors were amazed at the concoctions made for helping a sickness fall. -
Scientific Method
During this time, mathematical advancements were being created every other day. This was the time where the scientific method was being brought into the medical world. -
Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke created one of the first reflecting microscopes that allowed for many discoveries to be made including gut bacteria and other important things -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Girolamo Fracastoro
Italian doctor who first discovered that human diseases may be caused by pathogens
