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150
Barber-Surgeons
Barber-surgeons cut hair, perform surgery; barber pole symbol popularized -
Period: 150 to
History of Healthcare
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Period: 150 to Jan 1, 1525
Middle Ages
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200
Galen
Galen; tracheotomy -
Jan 1, 1000
Medical Care
Medical care becomes regulated -
Jan 1, 1300
Islamic Hospitals
Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick -
Jan 1, 1350
Chrisyain Monasteries
Christian monasteries founded to treat the ill -
Jan 1, 1400
Jacoba Felicie
Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied -
Period: Jan 1, 1526 to
Renaissance
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Jan 1, 1530
Human Anatomical
Human anatomical studies allowed -
Scientific Method
Use of scientific method begins -
Printing Press
Printing press allows for publication of discoveries -
Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke- reflective microscope -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Anton van Leeuwenhoek refines the microscope and fashions nearly 500 models. -
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria -
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas -
James Lind
James Lind discovers that citrus fruits prevent scurvy. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Edward Jenner
Edward Jennerdiscovered 1st vaccination -
Discoveries
Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope -
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur (microbiology) - Pasteurization of milk -
Joseph Lister
Joseph Lister- practice of medical asepsis -
Robert Koch
Robert Koch- discovery of pathogens -
Ignaz Sammelweis
Ignaz Sammelweis shows importnance of hand washing -
John Snow
John Snow stops outbreak of cholera -
Marie Curie
Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity -
Bubonic Plague
Bubonic plague hits San Fransisco -
Period: to
Modern World
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Discoveries
Discoveries of organ translplants, X-rays, radium for cancer treatment, MRI, CAT scans -
Alexander Flemming
Alexander FLemming discovers penicillin -
HMO
First HMO insurance -
Salk
Salk discovers polio vaccine -
WHO
WHO declares smallpox eradicted -
AZT
AZT is used to combat AIDS -
Steve Thomas
Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment -
Rhazes discovery
Rhazes discovered differences between smallpox and measles