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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299
Middle Ages
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Jan 1, 900
churches
only priests where able to treat the sick, and if you used potions to make someone better you where a witch. -
Sep 1, 900
Rhazes
Persian doctor who discovered different between measles and small pox. -
Jan 1, 1000
Blood letting and leeches
it was removing blood from the body, they used it to cure most diseases. -
Jan 1, 1000
Diseases
they thought where a curse by the gods. -
Jan 1, 1147
Black Death
it was a disease that people thought they got it because they sinned to the Gods. -
Jan 1, 1147
Urine charts
they where charts that helped physicians diagnose illnesses. -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
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Jan 1, 1380
Mercury
its toxic what they thought would happen is it would kill the disease, but it would kill you too. -
Jan 1, 1478
Girolamo Frcastoro
An Italian doctor, poet, and scholar in geography, astronomy and mathematics, put forward the idea that epidemics may be caused by pathogens from outside the body that may be passed on from human-to-human by direct or indirect contact. -
Jan 1, 1495
Syphilis
it was a disease, sexually transmitted,it makes you crazy and then kills you. -
Jan 1, 1514
Andreas Vesalius
(1514 -1564), a Flemish anatomist, physician, was the author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy "De Humani Corporis Fabrica (On the Structure of the Human Body)". He dissected a corpse and made a careful examination, detailing the structure of the human body. -
Jan 1, 1570
Smallpox
a disease that got there because of wars over seas and coming back to the place they where. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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smallpox vaccine
Jenner noticed that milkmaids tended to be immune to smallpox. He wondered whether the pus in the cowpox blisters protected them from smallpox. Cowpox is similar to smallpox, but much milder. -
Anesthetics
prevents or reduce the felling of pain or sensation during surgery or other painful procedures. -
Louis Pasteur
Proved that microscopic organisms caused disease. -
Hermann von Helmholtz
invented the ophthalmoscope. -
Joseph Lister
Discovered antiseptic surgery, which enabled surgeons to perform many more complicated operations. Lister prevented infection by spraying carbolic acid over the patient during surgery. -
Alexander Fleming
Made penicillin -
Period: to
Modern World
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Penicillin
an antibiotic or group of antibiotics produced naturally by certain blue molds, and now usually prepared synthetically. -
Ibuprofen
a synthetic compound used widely as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug. -
Cetirizine
treats cold or allergy symptoms such as sneezing, itching, watery eyes, ... Disclaimer. -
Afrin
This medication is used for temporary relief of congestion in the nose caused by various conditions including the common cold, sinusitis, hay fever, and allergies.
