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Physicians were licensed after formal training with experienced doctors. Women were not allowed to practice medicine.
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Each hospital had seperate wards for different illnesses, employed trained nurses, and maintained stocks of medication
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Local healers, who were often women, served at the monasteries. Treatment otherwise consisted of prayer and rest.
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Jacoba believed that that women were sometimes embarrassed to go to a male physician for treatment and that is how she defeneded herself.
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The scientific method is a process used to acquire new knowledge. The scientific method was based on observation and taking careful notes.
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The investegations which were not allowed before helped correct many beliefs
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By using the printing press it made it possible to publish books faster and speard new discoveries.
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was a dutch tradesman and scientist and was considered to be the first microbiologist
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Francis Bacon was an English scientist
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Blood cells, bacteria, and protozoa could now been seen with a microscope
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Edward Jenner was a an English doctor and discovered that milkmaids exposed to cowpox did not get smallpox
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John Snow found the cause of the outbreak of cholera which was a local well where people got water
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Doctors used radioactivity to treat growths, and lesions produced by different diseases
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The bubonic plauge was a disease that was carried by fleas on small rodents. The disease was spread quickly.
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Polio is a disease that effects the nerves and can lead to paralysis.
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hmo stands for heath maintenance organization and provided heath insurance.
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AZT doesnt cure AIDS but it helps slow down progress of the disease.
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Maggots clean the wound and kill the bacteria. They also help the speed of healing
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The first in vitro stem cell line was developed by mice.
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Rhazes was a persain phyisician and was a big part of the history of medicine
