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Period: 200 to
history of medicine
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Period: 500 to Dec 30, 1500
middle ages
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Jan 1, 1200
prehistory and ancient world
The Rod of Asclepius takes its name from the god Asclepius, a deity associated with healing and medicinal arts in Greek mythology. Asclepius's attributes, the snake and the staff, sometimes depicted separately in antiquity, are combined in this symbol -
Jan 1, 1200
prehistory and ancient world
In honor of Asclepius, a particular type of non-venomous snake was often used in healing rituals, and these snakes – the Aesculapian Snakes – crawled around freely on the floor in dormitories where the sick and injured slept -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Renaissance
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Sep 12, 1400
Regulation
French woman Jacoba Felicie tries to parctice medicine but its denied because she was doing it without a license -
Jan 1, 1500
printing press
printing press was invented to publish books faster -
Jan 1, 1500
prehistory and ancient world
The Edwin Smith papyrus is unique among the four principal medical papyri in existence that survive today -
Sep 12, 1500
helping the neddy
the teachings of the christian church also encourage followers to help the sick and needy many monataries were founded specifically to treat the sick. -
Jan 1, 1527
prehistory and ancient world
The caduceus is the traditional symbol of Hermes and features two snakes winding around an often winged staff. It is often mistakenly used as a symbol of medicine instead of the Rod of Asclepius, especially in the United States -
scientific method
the scientific method was invented in Europe it was a major change for people it changed their minds about medicine and research. -
robert hooke
he built one of the first reflecting microscopes. -
Period: to
industrial revolution
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Rhazes
Rhazes discovered the difference between smallpox and measles. he played in a role in the delopment of medicine asa a science by building on the idea of Hippocrates. -
Louis
Louis paster carried out expirements that became basic for modern microbilogy. he pastuerized milk. -
1st vaccination
Jenner an english doctor discovered that milkmaids exposed to cow pox did not get smallpox the practice of vaccination began. -
Joseph
Joseph lister was ridiculed for insisting pn the use of carbologic soap to disinfect instruments and clean doctors hands before doctors moved on to a different patient -
robert
discovered the pathegons or disease producing microorganisms are the source of some diseases and proved that lister was right -
insurence
they had the first HMO insurence -
Period: to
modern world
