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Galen; tracheotomy
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Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick
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Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied.
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Use of scientific method begins
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Robert Hooka--reflective microscope.
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Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria.
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Edward Jenner discovered 1st vaccination.
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Loius Pasteur (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 Curle 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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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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Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment.
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Gardasil, a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by the FDA.
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The first FDA approved implanted AbioCor artificial heart placed in a patient on June 24. Patient died on August 23.
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MIPPA (Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act) MIPPA provides incentives for practitioners who use electronic health records and e-prescribing.
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Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles.
