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Period: 2016 BCE to Dec 31, 1399
leprosy
oldest known disease bacteria in humans -
Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299
Middle Ages
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Sep 6, 900
Rhabes
discovered difference between measles and small pox -
Jan 1, 1000
measles
infected in children spread by respiratory route -
Jan 1, 1100
Bloodletting
withdrawing blood has been around for 2000 years withdrawing blood from a patient to prevent illness -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
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Jan 1, 1346
The Black Death
killing 50 million people the black death was spread by wild rodents -
Jan 1, 1400
Medieval Doctors
they would use urin,animal dung and earthworms to cure -
Period: Jan 1, 1490 to
midieval medicine
God would be the hope that would cure illness -
Jan 1, 1495
Syphilis
a disease carried by the indigenous people of Europe that caused flesh to fall from faces and led to death month within -
Period: to
Puerperal fever
Childhood fever is an infection the women at that time would get from childbirth caused from doctors not believing in germs -
Period: to
Typhoid Fever
a bacterial disease killing 100,000 thousand people a year symptoms from headaches abdominal pain poor appetite...etc -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Period: to
Cancer
can be deadly if not treated many types if cancer -
Edward Jenner
created vaccine for small pox -
Period: to
Modern World
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rabies
a rare disease that destroys the can destroy the brain it is one of the most deadly diseases and if not treated can lead to death -
Max Thieler
created vaccine for yellow fever vaccine 17b -
Methotrexate
was used initinally for cancer patiants -
Zika Virus
first identified in Uganda the virus symptoms lead to rash,fever,joint pain, and red eyes and at least 1000 us cases per year -
Ebola
a virus contracted mostly by animals or insects killing thousands in Africa
