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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300
Middle Ages
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1134
Ways they fixed people
A common form of medical practice was leeching, cupping, bleeding. -
1150
Hippocrates
He is known as the father of medicine -
Feb 23, 1157
Healing Potions
People had a problem they might have went to the local witch or apothecary. -
1189
Diagnosis
They used urine inspections, they thought it helped them figure out what was wrong with people. -
1200
medical practice
Medical practice in the middle ages was rooted in Greek tradition. They first began to look into the anatomy of the body. -
1289
Montpellier school
This medical school was founded in the tenth centenary. -
Period: Jan 1, 1301 to
Renaissance
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1350
Life in the remaissance
The average life expectancy in 1350 was 30-35 and ever 1 in 5 kids died. -
1400
New times
The renaissance ushered in a new era of medicine that had not been seen before. -
1500
The middle east
Scholars from Islam had made many improvements in medicine as well as injury treatment. this also helped usher in a new age for the renaissance period. -
1553
Girolamo Fracastoro
He was the first doctor to suggest that disease and sickness was caused by pathogens. -
1564
Andrea Vesulais
Human anatomy was first studied by a man named Andrea Vesulias -
Obstetrical forceps
The purpose of this new invention was to help free a baby from a mothers womb without hurting anyone in the process. -
Midwives
Midwives were a very common thing during this period. they helped people in many ways, they provided care for local family. There was even a book published about there practices in 1671 -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Scurvy
Edward Jenner discovered a cure to scurvy, swollen bleeding gums as well as well as the opening to old wounds. -
Stethoscope
The first stethoscope was invented by a young physician named Rene. -
Water supplies
During this time period someone found out that poor water is what was making everyone sick. Especially in close quarter areas. -
X-ray
Wilhelm Conrad was that first person to discover the x-ray. -
Smallpox
There was an experiment done that helped them find a vaccination that would help. -
Period: to
Modern World
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Esther Love joy
She was the first women to become a health officer in a major city. -
How were diagnosis made?
They were primarily built on the symptoms the ill had. -
Surgery
Most surgerys were carried out in private homes instead of hospitals -
Bacteria
Big advances were made during this time, for bacteria as far as chemistry and laboratory techniques we used to find things out. -
Dental Hygene
The idea of dental hygene was was introduced during this time period. -
Period: to
21st Century
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Genes
In the early 2000 the Human Genome draft was completed -
Robots
In 2001 they built a robotic machine that can do surgery's inside the body instead of having to open someone up. (the telesurgery) -
Carlo Urbani
A virus that was killing healthy people and very fast. but this man alerted people to it early giving the earliest epidemic response in history. -
Kidney
The first kidney was grown in vitro in the usa. -
Improvemnt
Overall the field of medicine is more advanced then ever. Which will continue as time goes on.
