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200
Galen; tracheotomy
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Period: 200 to
History of Medicine
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Period: 200 to
Galen; tracheotomy
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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
Middle Ages
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Jan 1, 1300
Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick
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Jan 1, 1400
Frenchwomen Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied
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Use of scientific method begins
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Period: to
Renaisssance
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Robert Hooke- reflective microscope
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria
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Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas
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Edward Jenner discovers 1st vaccination
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Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Louis Pasreur (microbiology)- pasteurization of milk
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Joseph Lister practice of medical asepsis
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Robert Koch- discovery of pathogens
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Ignaz Semmelweis shows importance of hand washing
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John Snow stops outbreak of cholera
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Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity
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Bubonic plague hits San Francisco
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Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
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Period: to
Modern World
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First HMO insurance
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Salk discovers polio vaccine
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WHO declares smallpox eradicated
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Managed health care; growth in uninsured
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AZT is used to combat AIDS
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Rhazes discovered differece between smallpox and measles
