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Period: 200 to
Medical History
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500
Barber-surgeons cut hair, perform surgery; barber poe symbol becomes popular
Barber-surgeons provided a variety of medical services for their communities. They performed surgeries as well as cutting hair. -
500
Galen;tracheotomy
Tracheotomy- and incision in the windpipe made to relieve and obstruction to breathing.
Galen was one of the most prominent ancient physicians. -
Period: 500 to
MIDDLE AGES
200-1600 -
Sep 11, 1000
Christian monasteries founded to treat the ill
christuan monasticism is the practice of individuals who have cloistered lives dedicated to christian worship. -
Sep 8, 1300
Islamic Hospitals; health care for the sick
By the end of the 13th century there were many hospitals for the sick throughout the islamic world. -
Dec 31, 1400
Frenchwomen Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but its denied
a number of scientist and doctors claimed that women were not to be aloud to practice in any way healthcare. Jacoba was charged for practicing medicine without being qualified to do so because she was a female. -
Use of scientific method begins
no one person can be said to be the first creator of the scientific method, it has changed and evolved over time. -
printing press allows for publication of discoveries
before the printing press was invented, people had to copy books by hand, which took alot of time. After it was invented, it made book making alot easier and less time consuming. -
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RENAISSANCE
1600-1796 -
Robert Hook- reflective microscope
Robert Hooke invented the iris diaphragm in cameras,the universal joint in motorcycles, the balance wheel in a watch, etc. -
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek decribes bacteria
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was considered to be the first microbioligist as well as the first to observe bacteria. -
Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas
one of the first people to begin looking through microscopes -
Edward Jenner discorvered 1st vaccination
Smallpox was feard by many, but when Edward had found a cure, it was a great gift to the world. -
Period: to
INDUSTRISL REVOLUTION
1796-1928 -
Louis Pasteur- pasteurization of milk
He was known for his remarkable discoveries and breakthroughs by preventing countless dideases and saving many peoples lives. -
Robert Koch- discovery of pathogens
He is considered the founder of modern bacteriology. -
importance of hand washing
Ignaz Semmelweis's work demonstrated that hand-washing could drastically reduce the number of women dying after childbirth. -
John Snow stops outbreak of cholera
His findings of the illness cholera inspired changes in water and waste systems all over the world, as well as improvement in public health. -
Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity
She won Nobel Prizes for her discoveries. -
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
He made the discovery from an old contaminated Petri dish, the mold on the dish had turned out to contain a powerful antibiotic called penicillin. -
Period: to
MODERN WORLD
1928-2001 -
first HMO insurance
The Great Depression leads to public interest in insurance and senior benefits. -
Jonas Salk discovers polio vaccine
polio was considered the most frightening public health problem of the post-war United States. -
WHO declares smallpox eradicated
Smallpox is a contagious disease caused by the variola virus. it was one of the most devastating diseases known to humanity. -
AZT is used to combat AIDS
AZT is a drug to help delay the developlemt of AIDS in patients infected with HIV. -
Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infrectious wound treatment
Maggots are now used to treat many different diseses in animals and humans. -
Period: to
21ST CENTURY
2001-2014 -
The completion of the Human Geome Project
the project identified the locations of many human genes and provided information about their structure and organization. -
Gardasil is created to prevent cervial cancer
Garasil is an HPV vaccination for kids to prevent cervical cancer. -
Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells
The findings were a critical scientific accomplishment. -
The first FDA approved artificial heart placed in patient
The AbioCor system: a two-pound mechanical heart that takes over the pumping part of the diseased heart, which is removed during the procedure -
Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles
Rhazes was an persian physician, he was one of the first to recognize the need for sanitation in hospitals.
