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400
Greeks (B.C.E)
- Began the study of disease
- Hippocrates "the father of medicine"
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400
Dark And Middle Ages (400-1400 AD)
- The study of medicinal science stopped for almost 1,000 years.
- Medicine only practiced in monastaries and covenants
- Used herbal medicine
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500
Egyptians (3500 B.C.E- 500 B.C.E
- Earliest people to keep accurate records
- Identified specific diseases
- Used medicines to heal disease
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Jan 1, 1000
1000's general
First school of medicine established in Salerno, Italy -
Jan 1, 1200
1200's General
First strict meausre for control of public hygiene instituted -
Jan 1, 1300
First Dissection of human corpse
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Jan 1, 1400
The Renaissance 1400-1650
- Rebirth of Science
- Medical schools built
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Jan 1, 1400
1400's General
First recorded regulations for mid-wives -
Jan 1, 1500
1500's general
First scientific study of human anatomy -
1600's general
Blood circulation first described bacteria discovered -
Elizabeth Blackwell
became the first woman to qualify as a doctor in the U.S. Inspired florence Nightingale to pursue nursing -
Clara Burton
founded the American Red Cross -
Rabies vaccine discovered
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William Roentgen
discovered x-rays -
Aspirin is introduced
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Marie Curie isolated radium in 1910
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Period: to
World War One Began and Ended
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Sir Alexander Fleming
discovered penicillin -
First antiiotic drug, penicillin discovered
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Period: to
World War 2 Began and Ended
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Jonas Salk
developed teh polio vaccine -
Birth control pill introduced
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Christian Bernard
performed the world's first heart transplant surgery -
U.S gained independence
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Edward Jenner developed a vaccine for smallpox
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First test tube baby born
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AIDS
AIDS first recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -
scientists clone sheep
