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200
Galen clarified the anatomy of the trachea and was the first to demonstrate that the larynx generates the voice.
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Period: 200 to
Medical Timeline
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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
MIddle Ages
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Jan 1, 1300
Islamic hostpitals; health care for the sick.
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Oct 10, 1347
n the early 1330s an outbreak of deadly bubonic plague occurred in China.
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Jan 1, 1350
medicine in the middle ages was dominated by religion.
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Period: Jan 1, 1350 to
Renaissance
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Jan 1, 1390
FrenchWomen Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but it is denied.
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Jan 1, 1400
The Black Death held a massive mortality rate of between 30 and 40%.
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Use of Scientific mehtod begins.
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Surgery was practiced mostly by barbers, who used the same tools for both trades
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Robert Hooke - reflective microscope
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria.
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Francis Bacon ises microscope to discover plague fleas.
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Edward Jenner develops a method to protect people from smallpox by exposing them to the cowpox virus.
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Period: to
Industrial Revoultion
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First vaccine for cholera.
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Emil von Behring discovers antitoxins and uses them to develop tetanus and diphtheria vaccine.
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Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity.
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Dr. Paul Dudley White becomes one of America's first cardiologists, a doctor specializing in the heart and its functions, and a pioneer in use of the electrocardiograph, exploring its potential as a diagnostic tool
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Period: to
Modern World
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Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.
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Salk discovers polio vaccine.
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First hmo insurance.
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AZT is used to combat aids.
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An electronic cigarette personal vaporizer or electronic nicotine delivery system is a battery-powered vaporizer which simulates tobacco smoking by producing an aerosolthat resembles smoke.
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Rhazes discoerved difference between smallpox and measles.
