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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
The Renaissance
1400 - 1650 AD or CE
Medical schools were built.
Accepted the study of the body by dissection.
Rebirth of science - Physicians and scholars began to scientifically study medicine. -
Period: Jan 1, 1450 to
Invention of Printing Press
The printing press was invented around 1450 A.D Invented by Johannes Gutenburg, a German inventor. -
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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Invented the Microscope. -
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William Harvey
William Harvey and the discovery of the circulation of the blood and was published in Latin at Frankfurt in 1628 -
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Benjamin Franklin
Invented bifocals and found that colds could be passed from person to person. -
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Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner vaccination for smallpox. "the father of immunology" -
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The Declaration of Independence
But July 4, 1776 wasn't the day that the Continental Congress decided to declare independence (they did that on July 2, 1776). -
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Rene Laennec
Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope. -
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Florence Nightingale
Started the first school of nursing during the Crimean War and made nursing an honorable profession. -
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Elizabeth Blackwell
in 1849, she became the first women to qualify as a doctor in the U.S. Inspired Florence Nightingale to pursue nursing. -
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Louise Pasteur
Rabies vaccine proved that microorganisms caused disease and discovered that heating milk prevented the growth of bacteria. -
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Civil War
The war began when Confederate warships bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina on April 12, 1861. The war ended in Spring, 1865. -
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Joseph Lister
The first doctor to use an antiseptic during surgery to prevent infection in the incision. 1864-66 Joseph Lister's surgerical patients was 45.7%. -
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Robert Koch
"Father of microbiology" He discovered many disease-causing organisms - antrax, tuberculosis, cholera. -
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Clara barton
"Angel of the Battlefield" She established the American Red Cross. -
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Wilhelm Roentgen
Discovered x-rays in 1895. This discovery allowed doctors to see inside the body to discover what was wrong with patients. -
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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 psychiatry. By 1895, the year he published Studies on Hysteria with Josef Breuer -
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World War 1
On November 11, Germany signed an armistice with the Allies – the official date of the end of World War One. -
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Alexander fleming
discovered penicillin, the first anitbiotic. this was considered one of the most important discoveries in the twentieth century. -
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Jonas salk
Discovered an altered polio virus vaccine. -
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World War 2
The war with Germany ended on May 8, 1945.
The war with Japan ended on August 15, 1945. -
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Albert Sabin
Creator of oral polio vaccine, which was more effective than Salk's vaccine. Oct. 6, 1956 was when he was ready to test. -
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Christian Barnard
1967 performed the world's first heart transplant surgery. -
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Gene Therapy
Is the inseration of genes into an individuals cells and tissues to treat a disease, and hereditary disease in particular. A four-year old girl became the first gene therapy patient on September 14, 1990 at the NIH Clinical Center. -
Gene Therapy
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Jonas Salk
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Alexander Fleming
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Christian barnard
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Robert Koch
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Florence Nightingale
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Wilhelm Roehtgen
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Clara Barton
