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Period: 400 to Jan 1, 1400
Dark and Middle Ages
The study of medical science stopped for over 1000 years.
Medicine practice only in moasteries and convents. Herbal medicines were used and there were many plagues and epidemics including the Bubonic plague, smallpox, diptheria, syphilis, and tuberculosis. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Renaissance
This brought forth the rebirth of science, medical schoools were built, the printing press made books possible and knowledge was shared and the study of the body by dissection was accepted. -
Circulation of Blood Revealed
William Harvey described the circulation of blood and the pumping of the heart. -
Mercury Thermometer
Gabriel Fahrenheit crreated the first mercury thermometer. -
Bifocals
Benjamin Franklin, along with all of his other accomplishments, created the bifocals. -
United States Independence
The United States received its independence from Great Britain in 1776. -
Smallpox Vaccine Discovered
Edward Jenner discovered a vaccine for smallpox in 1976. -
The Stethoscope
Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope. Using this insturment enables you to listen to the sounds of the heart and lungs. -
First Woman Doctor
Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to qualify as a doctor in the U.S. Inspired Florence Nightingale to pursue nursing. -
First School of Nursing
Florence Nightingale's first school of nursing during the Crimean War opened in 1860. -
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Civil War
The Civil War between the North and South over a dispute of slavery and westward expansion. -
Pasteurization
Louis Pasteur discovered that the Rabies vaccine proved that microorganisms caused disease and discovered that heating milk prevent the growth of bacteria. -
Effects of Mind on Body
Sigmund Freud studied the effects of the unconscious mind on the body. He determined that the mind and body work together. His studies were the basis of psychology and psychiarty. -
Red Cross
Clara Barton and a circle of friends founded the Red Cross Foundation in Washington in 1881. -
X-rays
William Roentgen discovered x-rays in 1895. -
Raidum Discovered
Marie Curie isolated Radium in 1910. -
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WWI
The Central Powers vs. The Allied Powers. It was known as the Great War. More than 9 million soldiers killed and 21 million injured. Treaty of Versailles signed in 1919. -
Penicillin
Sir Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin, on accident that is, through an experiment. -
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WWII
Hitler's invasion of Poland in September 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany. Among the estimated 45-60 million people killed were 6 million Jews murdered in Nazi concentration camps as part of Hitler's diabolical "Final Solution," now known as the Holocaust. -
Polio Vaccine
In 1952, Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine. -
Oral Polio Vaccine
Albert Sabin created the oral polio vaccine which was more effective than Salk's vaccine. -
First Heart Transplant
Cristiaan Barnard performed the world's first heart transplant surgery. -
First Test Tube Baby
Louis Brown was the world's first test tube baby and she made world-wide news. Front page! -
Dolly the Sheep
Tissue cloning is the process of creating an identical copy of an original. Dolly the Sheep was cloned.
