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Bloodletting used after many years
Bloodletting was first used in the 300s but wassnt really an option for everyone at this time. This is when barbers started to use it when they had two professions. (middle ages) -
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Medical history
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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
Middle ages
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Jan 1, 1300
Concave lenses to treat myopia
The first "glasses" to treat nearsightedness were devolped at this time in Italy. (middle ages) -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
The Reniassance
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Jan 1, 1346
The bubonic plague
At this time, there wasn't really a cure for the plague. They mixed butter, onion and garlic to try and rid of the disease. Other remidies included arsenic, lily root and tried toad. Later, tobacoo was tried as a cure. (Middle ages) -
Jan 1, 1531
Paracelsus discovers that drinking mercury rids diseases...sorta
Paracelsus discovered that drinking mercury was a cure for some deadly diseases, syphilis; although mercury itself is poisonous, it was the lesser of the two evils. (the renaissnace) -
Jan 1, 1536
Medical discovery from Ambroise Pare
Pare made his first medical discovery during the seige of Turin. When he ran out of oil to catorize gunshot wounds, he used soothing ointment and simple dressings. (The renaissance) -
First succssesful blood transfusion
In 1628, William Harvey discoves blood circulation. 1665, RIchard Lower keeps a dog alive with blood from other dogs. (Industrial revolution) -
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Industrial revolution
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Smallpox vaccination
Edward Jenner created the first successful smallpox vaccination. He observed milkmaids that had cowpox but did not later get smallpox, by showing that inoculated cowpox protected against inoculated smallpox. (Industrial Revolution). -
Anesthetic first used
John Warren performed the first succsessful surgical procedure with anesthsia. (Industrial revolution) -
X-rays first discoved and used
Wilhelm Roetegen first discovered x-rays and one of the first photographic plates was of his wifes hand with a ring. (Industrial revolution) -
Asprin was first discovered
Scientists started to investigate a new drug and in 1899, Bayer (company) named it asprin and started selling it. (Industrial Revolution) -
ABO blood goup system created
Austrailian Scientist Karl Landsteiner create the ABO blood group system and identifies the types as, you guessed it, A,B, and O. (modern world) -
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Modern world and 21st century
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Penicillin discovered
Alexander Fleming discovers the anitbiotic penicillin. He showed that if penicillium rubens were grown in the appropropriate subsrtate, it would exude a substance antibodic properties, which he named penicillian. (modern world) -
Chemotherepy discoved
Although it wasn't intended for cancer, it was still used during the war. It was developed from the idea of mustard gas which seeped into skinand killed fully clothed soldiers after 6 weeks after being near it. (Modern world) -
First heart transplant
Barnard performed the first tranplant on Louis Washkansy in Groote Scguur hospital in Caoe town, South Africa. (modern world) -
DaVinci Surgery robot
The DaVinci surgery robot was first approved by the FDA in 2000. This robot allows the surgen to be in 100% control and translates their hand movments into smaller yet more precise movemtns of tiny instruments inside your body. (Modern world)
