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Period: 500 to 1300
Middle Ages
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800
Hospitals
a place where patients could be treated by doctors with access to specialized equipment -
900
Rhazes
Discovered the difference between measles and smallpox -
1000
Medical Care
Medical care becomes regulated -
1200
Black Plague
Killed a lot of Europe's population -
1300
Theodoric Borgognoni
came up with an antiseptic method, where wounds were to be cleaned and then sutured to promote healing. -
Period: 1301 to
Renaissance
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Scientific Method
Use of the scientific method was promoted. This helped people figure things out easier. -
Printing Press
It helped published discoveries so that people knew what the doctors knew. -
Reflective Microscope
Allowed study of microorganisms like bacteria -
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
described the features of bacteria -
Francis Bacon
Uses microscope to discover plague fleas -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope
Helped doctors know affects of different things -
Edward Jenner
Discovered first vaccination, helping people not to get sick -
Robert Koch
Discovery of pathogens, helped doctors treat -
Hand Washing
Ignez Semmelweis figures out the importance of washing hands -
John Snow
Stops outbreak of cholera -
Period: to
Modern World
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Discovery of organ transplants, X-Ray, radium for cancer treatment, MRI, CAT scans
Helped doctors see what was going on with patients -
First HMO insurance
Helped people pay for needs -
Salk discovers polio vaccine
Ends the awful disease of polio -
WHO declares smallpox eradicated
Smallpox affected a lot of families and it is now gone -
AZT is used to combat AIDS
A lot of people were worried about AIDS at this time and this helped -
Period: to
21st Century
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Steve Thomas
used sterile maggots foe infectious wound treatment -
Human Genome Project
identified a complete set of DNA, which allows foe new and completely individualized medications and treatments -
Gardasil
a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by FDA -
MIPPA
provides incentives for practitioners who use electronic health records and e-prescribing -
AbioCor
first FDA approved implanted AbioCor artificial heart placed in a patient on June 24. Patient died on August 23
