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500
During middle ages burr holes were comon
Originating from ancient times, the method was called trepanning. In medieval times it was practiced as a cure for various illnesses: epilepsy, migraines and various mental disorders for instance. Trepanning was used as late as the 20th century as a medical technique. -
Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300
Middle Ages
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600
Visiting Thomas Becket’s shrine could cure an illness
Situated in Canterbury Cathedral, Saint Thomas Becket’s tomb became the most popular shrine in England during medieval times. It was also much easier to reach than making a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. -
700
Cataract surgery was done, however it was very painful
Surgeons used a painful process called ‘needling’. With no anaesthetics, the doctor inserted a needle into the edge of a person’s cornea. -
800
Doctors used burr holes
Originating from ancient times, the method was called trepanning. In medieval times it was practiced as a cure for various illnesses: epilepsy, migraines and various mental disorders for instance. Trepanning was used as late as the 20th century as a medical technique. -
1000
medieval medicine was mostly developed in Greece
The ancient Greek physician Galen became referred to as the “Medical Pope of the Middle Ages” while Hippocrates was also important. -
Period: Jan 1, 1301 to
Renaissance
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1302
William Harvey
Born in 1578, William Harvey was a doctor in England. He became the first doctor to ever describe properly how the human circulatory system properly worked. He also described the blood properties and how the heart worked to circulate the blood around the body. He died in 1567. -
1350
life expectancy
by 1350, the average life expectancy was 30–35 years, and 1 in 5 children died at birth. -
1500
Published new medical books
They published new editions of Greek and Roman books, including nearly 600 editions of Galen’s books. -
Peter Chamberlen invented the obstetrical forceps
About 1620 Peter Chamberlen invented the obstetrical forceps, used to free a baby from the womb during a difficult birth without hurting or killing baby or mother. -
The first English handbook was made
The first English handbook by a woman was The Midwives Book by Mrs Jane Sharp in 1671. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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The first hospital was built
The early hospitals were primarily almshouses, one of the first of which was established by English Quaker leader and colonist William Penn in Philadelphia in 1713. -
Dan Cruickshank
Presenter Dan Cruickshank has an infectious, donnish enthusiasm and joie de vivre that television producers obviously believe lends popular appeal to subjects that some viewers might otherwise consider dry as dust. In the latest episode of What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us, Cruickshank brought his straightforward storytelling and capacity for wonder to bear on the earliest controlled medical trials and the birth of modern medicine. -
Medical Discoveries
Introducing us to the achievements and discoveries of the likes of vaccine pioneer Edward Jenner, James Lind, who discovered the cause of scurvy, and William Withering, who is credited with introducing digitalis to medical science -
First Medical School was established
The oldest such school is the School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, founded in 1765. -
life expectancy
In the mid-18th century the average life expectancy was 36 -
Period: to
Modern World
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EEK/EKG
A Dutch doctor and physiologist called Willem Einthoven invented the first practical electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG). -
The First dialysis machine
Willem J. Kolff, a Dutch doctor, built the world's first dialysis machine. He later pioneered artificial organs. -
Death Cause
At the end of the 19th century, 30 percent of deaths were due to infection -
Measles Shot was devoloped
The MMR vaccine is a mixture of live weakened viruses of the three diseases. The MMR vaccine was developed by Maurice Hilleman. It was licensed for use by Merck in 1971. -
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur (1822–1895), a chemist and microbiologist from France, was one of the founders of medical microbiology. -
International Human Genome Project
In 2000, scientists in with the International Human Genome Project released a rough draft of the human genome to the public. -
Period: to
21st Century
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Improved Medications for AIDS
"The drop in death rates from HIV in the developed world (is) due to improved medications," Coates said. "There was the 10 percent drop in deaths due to HIV in the US between 2006 and 2007." -
Heart Disease decline
"In 1998/2000 the American Heart Association set a decade-long goal to reduce coronary heart disease and stroke and risk by 25% by 2010. We actually realized this goal by 2008 and have seen continued improvements in the reduction of deaths due to coronary heart disease and stroke," said Clyde Yancy, MD, of Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. "As of today, we have seen a near 40 percent reduction in death due to coronary artery disease since 1998/2000. -
The First immunotherapy drug was approved
In 2011, the first immunotherapy drug was approved by the FDA for advanced melanoma. -
Japanese Researchers create a liver
In 2013, Japanese researchers succeeded in creating a functional human liver from stem cells
