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200
Galen Tracheotomy
Recorded importance of spinal cord and treated breathing problems with tracheotomy or opening of the trachea -
Period: 200 to
History of medicine
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Period: 400 to Dec 31, 1400
Middle Ages
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Sep 9, 1000
Medical Care Becomes regulated
There were rules and regulations being placed on practices and it was then illegal to perform autopsies -
Sep 9, 1300
Islamic Hospitals
based on the Qur'an (muslim holy book) for social responsibilities -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Renaissance
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Sep 9, 1400
Frenchwoman denied
The Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie was denied the choice to practice medicine because it was a mainly patriarchal society -
Jan 1, 1518
college of physicians
Group of physicians working toward a better cause -
Use of scientific method begins
the use of the scientific method changed the entire way people thought about medicine and science in general -
Printing Press
The invention of the printing press made it easier to mass print books to spread meical knowledge -
Microscope
Robert Hooke developed the reflectice microscope that made it possible to observe microrganisms -
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria for the first time -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon uses a microscope to discover fleas spreading the bubanic plague -
Introduction of machines
The introduction of machines made automated processes much quicker and simpler and doctors could also get mass produced tools -
Claudius Aymand
performs first succesful appendectomy -
Edward Jenner
Began the idea of vaccinations by inoculating people with the fluid from cowpox blisters -
Period: to
Modern World
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Louis Pasteur
Laid the groundwork for modern microbiology -
Joseph Lister
Was ridiculed for disinfecting equipment and washing hands similar to we do today -
Robert Koch
Discovered pathogens were the cause of some diseases and proved lister was correct in disinfecting and washing -
X-Rays
The use of x-rays gained importance in noninvasive procedurves and diagnoses -
Electronic health records
Electronic health records make it much simpler to search a patient and see allergies and such -
Rhazes Smallpox and Measles
Persian doctor discovered difference between smallpox and measles and recorded his findings built on ideas of hippocrates
