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200
Galen Tracheotomy
Discovered that a minor inscision in the trachea improves peoples breathing that have problems with it. -
Period: 200 to
History of Medicine
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Period: 200 to Dec 31, 1500
Middle Ages
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Sep 19, 1000
Medical care becomes regulated
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Sep 19, 1000
Surgery is considered a profession
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Jan 1, 1300
Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick
Was a religious based center of care, One of the first organized care facilities. -
Jan 1, 1400
Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but denied
At the time women were not allowed to do what men were. Germany was most likely the only country at the time that allowed women to practice science. -
Sep 19, 1400
Christian monasteries founded to treat the ill
Another one the first religious foundations to standardize a health care facility. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Renaissance
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Use of scientific method begins
This begins a revolution of proper science and experiments. -
Human anatomical studies allowed
Important for the understanding of organs. -
Printing press allows for publication of discoveries
Allows for the spread of knowledge in science -
Robert Hooke- reflective microscope
Important step to be able to observe cells. Hooke observed pea cells with this. -
Antonie can Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria
The beginning of understanding was a big step for biology and medicine. -
Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas
This was important to show disease could be spread by insects. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Edward Jenner discovered 1st vaccination
An important step, vaccination is the dead virus so body can learn how to fight -
Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope
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Louis Pasteur (microbiology) pasteurization of milk
Micro-biology is a major investment that continues to pay off in knowledge -
Joseph Lister- practice of medical asepsis
Process of removing micro-organisms or protecting against infection -
Robert Koch-discovery of pathogens
Things that produce diseases. Broad terminology but an important start. -
Ignaz Semmelweis shows importance of hand washing
Washing hands prevents germs from spreading -
John Snow stops outbreak of cholera
Intestinal infection that causes diarrhea. -
Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity
When an unstable element is breaking down and sends of one of three types of radioactive rays. Alpha, Beta, Gamma -
Bubonic plague hits San Frencisco
Black death overtook the city. It died off but a major earthquake ensured a return in 1906 -
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Modern World
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Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
One of the first drugs to help fight and prevent serious disease. -
First HMO insurance
Health Maintinance Insurance -
Salk discovers polio vaccine
Prevents a devastating disease that kills children and prevents ambulatory movement in adulthood. -
Managed health care; growth in uninsured
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WHO declares smallpox eradicated
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AZT is used to combat AIDS
Ends in 1986 -
Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment
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Gardasil, a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by FDA
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MIPPA
Provides incentives for practitioners who use electronic health records and e-prescribing -
Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryotic stem cells
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First artificial heart placed in a patient
First FDA approved implanted AbioCor. Patient died on August 23rd. -
Rhazes discovered the difference between smallpox and measles
Rhazes considered himself the Persian version of Hippocrates
