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200
Galen; tracheotomy
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Period: 200 to
History of Medicine
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Period: 500 to Sep 9, 1500
Middle Ages
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Sep 11, 1100
Barber-surgeons cut hair, perform surgery, barber pole symbol popularized
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Sep 9, 1300
Islamic Hospitals; health care for the sick
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Period: Sep 9, 1300 to
Renaissance
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Sep 9, 1400
Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied
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Use of Scientific Method
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Robert Hooke- reflective microscope
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Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria
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Period: to
The Industrial Revolution
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Frances Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas
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Edward Jenner discovered the 1st vaccanation
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Printing Press allows for publication of discoveries
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Joseph Lister--practices of medical aspesis
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Robert Kock-- discovery of pathogens
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Medical Care becomes regulated
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John Snow stops outbreak of Cholera
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Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity
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Period: to
Modern Times
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Bubonic Plague hits San Francisco
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Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
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First HMO Insurance
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First HMO Insurance
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Salk discovers 1st polio vaccine
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AZT is used to combat AIDS
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Managed health care- growth in uninsured
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WHO declares smallpox eradicated
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Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment
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Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles
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Christian monataries founded to treat the ill
