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Period: 500 to
History of Medicine
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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
Middle Ages
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Jan 23, 1140
Roger of Sicily
Forbade anyone from practicing medicine without a license -
Jan 21, 1300
Islamic Hospitals
health care for the sick -
Period: Jan 21, 1300 to
The Renaissance
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Jan 23, 1300
Medical Schools
Universities in Europe had devoloped medical schools where students could study under a master physician. -
Jan 21, 1400
Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie
Tries to practice medicine but is denied -
Jan 23, 1523
Gabriele Falloppio
Describe the female reproductive organs and gave his name to the fallopian tubes. -
Scientific Method
Use of scientific method begins. -
Robert Hooke
Reflective microscope. -
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Describes bacteria -
Period: to
The Industrial Revolution
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Francis Bacon
Uses microscope to discover plague fleas. -
Edward Jenner
Discovered 1st vaccination -
Robert Koch
Discovery of pathogens -
John Snow
Stops outbreak of cholera -
Asprin was invented
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Period: to
Modern Times
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Bubonic plague
Hits Francisco -
Alexander Fleming
Discovers penicillin -
First HMO insurance
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Salk discover polio vaccine
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Managed health care
Growth in uninsured -
Steve Thomas
Used steril maggots for infectious wound treatment -
Rhazes
He discoverd the difference between small pox and measles.
