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Evil spirits
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Prayer, amputation Photo from wikimedia commons -
Digitalalis for heart
Quinine digestion
Belledona and atropine digestion
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Health records- first group to keep records
Who are physicians- priests
How did they heal- medicines, used leeches for bloodletting Photo from PxHere -
Development of acupuncture- started using different tools to heal disease and sickness Photo from wikimedia commons -
Illness caused natural vs. spiritual- preformed healthcare in temples, started to figure out where diseases came from
Dissections- weren’t allowed due to religion
Hippocrates- made standard of oath that is still used today Photo from World History Encyclopedia -
Sanitation systems- used clean water, used sewers
Organize med care- first to organize it and get things to people who needed it
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Why did they stop studying medicines?(500ad)- because the Roman Empire was conquered
How were diseases treated?(700ad)- mostly prayer, herb mixtures -
Epidemics- led to finding vaccines for the diseases
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Universities- schools for research
Dissection- used for study
Books- made books related to healthcare -
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Studied body anatomy
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Discovered female fallopian tubes
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Discovered humans have a tube connecting throat and ear
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Learned physiology, could tell how the heart works
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-invented microscope
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Started pharmacies, sold medicines
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Found that different illnesses were contagious
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Students learned about illness and death, and how it works.
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Discovered oxygen, and how plants recycle it Photo from wikimedia commons -
Found vaccinations to prevent smallpox
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Invented stethoscope to hear hear and lungs Photo from wikimedia commons -
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Figured out what was causing childbed fever
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Volunteered in hospitals and helped save people
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Discovered microorganisms, found that they caused illnesses
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Discovered viruses too small to see through a microscope
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First to use carbolic acid to kill germs that could lead to infection
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Made asepsis, made surgery areas germ free to prevent infections
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Found multiple organisms that held diseases, knew that areas needed to be clean to prevent these organisms
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Discovered treatments and saw how the diseases reacted to them. Saw that certain treatments only worked on some organisms.
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Invented x-rays (1895) Photo from wikimedia -
Discovered so that when someone was in surgery, they wouldn’t feel it. Photo from picpedia -
Discovered penicillin kills killing bacteria, important discovery, saved lives
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Studied the mind, found connection between body+mind, found mental issues could connect with physical
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Discovered medicines for killing bacteria
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Found dead polio cured poliomyelitis, saving many
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Off of Salks discovery, he used the live virus.
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Discovered DNA, and how it replicates Photo from wikimedia commons -
First to complete a successful transplant of heart
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Did brain surgeries, separating Siamese twins Photo from wikimedia commons -
From PubMed Central
1. We are now able to lab-grow organs
2. Have medicine cures for many different illnesses/diseases
3. We have AI that is able to do many things, helping in the healthcare field
4. Developed a covid-19 vaccine
5. Devices used to track how the body functions with different issues -