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The Father Medicine
Greeks began the study of disease, Hippocrates is The Father of Medicine. -
Period: 400 to
Dark ages
Emphasis was placed on saving the soul and study of medecine was prohibited. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
The Renaissance
Physicians and scholars began to scientifically study medicine.
-Medical schools were built. -
Jan 1, 1436
Invention of Printing Press
Invented during The Renaissance by Johannes Gutenberg -
Invention of the first microscope
Invented by Anton Von Leewenhoek -
Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart
Described by William Harvey -
Created the first mercury thermometer
Gabriel Fahrenheit created the first mercury thermometer in 1714 -
Period: to
Revolutionary War
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Invented bifocals
Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals and found that colds could be passed from person to person. -
Developed a vaccine for smallpox
Developed by Edward Jenner -
Invention or Stethoscope
Invented by Rene Laennec -
Identified cause of maternal infections
Ignas Semmelweiss identified the cause of maternal infections and instituted hand washing. -
Elizabeth Blackwell
First woman to qualify as a doctor -
Period: to
Civil War
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Began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery
Joseph Lister began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery. -
Established the patterns of heredity
Established by Gregory Mendel -
Founded the American Red Cross
Founded by Clara Barton -
Discovered x-rays
Willhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays -
Isolated radium
Marie Curie Isolated radium -
Period: to
World war 1
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Discovered penicillin
discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming -
Period: to
World War 2
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Developed Polio vaccine
Jonas Salk developed polio vaccine -
created oral polio vaccine
Albert Sabin created the oral polio vaccine, which was more effective than Salk's vaccine. -
Christian Barnard
performed the worlds first hear transplant surgery. -
Use of gene therapy
Gene therapy is the process of genes into an individual's cells and tissues to treat a disease, and hereditary disease in particular. -
Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria
Louis Pasteur began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria -
Found a vaccine for rabies
In 1885 Louis Pasteur found a rabies vaccine and proved that microorganisms caused disease.
