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200
Galen; tracheotomy
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Period: 200 to Sep 5, 1500
Middle Ages
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210
Barber-surgeons cut hair, perform surgery, barber pole symbol
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Sep 8, 1300
Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick
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Sep 8, 1350
Christian monasteries founded to treat the ill
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Sep 8, 1400
Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied
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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Renaissance
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Use of scientific method
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Human anatomical studies allowed
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Printing press allows for publication of discoveries
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Reflective microscope invited by Robert Hooke
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First description of bacteria
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Microscope discovers plague fleas
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Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope
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1st vaccination discovered
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Pasteurization of milk
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Discovery of pathogens
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Importance of hand washing
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John Snow stops outbreak of cholera
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Radioactivity discovered
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Bubonic plague in San Francisco
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Bubonic plague hits San Fransisco
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Dicovery of organ transplants, x-rays, radium for cancer treatment, MRI, CAT scans
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Period: to
Modern World
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Penicillin discovered
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First HMO Insurance
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Polio vaccine
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Smallpox declared eradicated
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AZT used to combat AIDS
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Period: to
21st Century
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Sterile maggots used for infectious wound treatment
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Vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved
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Completion of whole set of human DNA
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Scientists discover how to create and use stem cells
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Electronic health records and e-prescribing
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First artificial heart placed in a patient
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Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas
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Medical care becomes regulated
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Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles