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They believed diseases were caused by evil spirts.
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Tribal doctors performed ceremonies.
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Given digitalis which is a plant but is given in pill form now.
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They were superstitious and called upon gods to heal them. The priest acted as physicians. They used medicines to heal diseases.
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First to use primitive acupuncture therapies. They learned to use stone tools to heal illness and disease.
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First to study cause of disease and determine if the illness is natural or spiritual. During the time religious custom did not allow bodies to be dissected. The father of medicine Hippocrates had knowledge of anatomy.
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Ancient Romans created a sanitation system to bring in clean water for their cities. Created health records. Hippocrates is the father of medicine.
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Believed life and death were in gods hands.
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They would used a live polio virus vaccine.
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Caused millions of deaths during this period.
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During this time there were the buildings of universities and medical schools for research. The dissection of body study. The development of printing and publishing books.
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Studied and recorded the anatomy of the body.
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Discovered the fallopian tubes of the female body.
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Discovered the tube from the ear to the throat.
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Was able to describe the circulation of blood and pumping heart.
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Invented the microscope.
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Engaged in a flourishing trade in drugs and spices from the east.
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He discovered bifocals and found that colds can be found that colds can be passed from person to person.
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They would observe patients at bedside and observe the disease process.
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Discovered the element of oxygen.
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Discovered a method of vaccination for small pox.
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Invented the stethoscope. -
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Identified the cause of childbed fever.
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During the Crimean War her bad a group of 38 women took care of soldiers dying from cholera.
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Discovered that tiny microorganisms were everywhere.
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Discovered that some diseases are caused by microorganisms that cannot be seen in a microscope.
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Learned about Pasteur discovery that micro-organisms cause infection.
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He developed asepsis.
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Discovered many disease- causing organisms.
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Discovered the effect of medicine on disease- causing microorganisms.
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Discovered x-rays in 1895.
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Surgery was performed on patients without anesthesia.
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Found that penicillin killed life- threatening bacteria.
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Discovered the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind.
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Discovered sulfonamide compounds.
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Discovered that a dead polio virus would cause immunity to poliomyelitis.
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Used a live polio virus vaccine, which is more effective.
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Discovered the molecular structure of DNA, based on it’s know double helix.
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Performed the first successful heart transplant in 1968.
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A pioneer in separating Siamese twins.
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Electronic Health Records, Wearable Technology for Healthcare, 3D Printing in Health Care, Virtual Reality Health Care, and Medication Management Devices.