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Imhotep was an Egyptian who gave over 200 diseases a treatment.
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Hippocrates was born. He grew up to be the founder of Medicine.
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The Greek God of Medicine started studying medicine and prescribed a type of aspirin
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Galen, the Greek physician to gladiators and Roman Emperors was born. He was a Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher.
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Phoebe was history's first female Christian nurse.
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The first Spanish hospital was created
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Barber-Surgeons put bloody bandages on a pole.
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Apothecaries made, prescribed, and sold medicine.
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Ibn Butlan, the Arab Nestorian Christian physician wrote the Taqwim al-Sihhah
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Jacoba wanted to become a physician. She was barred from studying medicine.
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Midwives were just regulated.
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Blood circulation and bacteria were first discovered.
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William Harvey described the circulation of the blood to the heart. He wasn't the first to describe it but he was the closest.
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Robert Hook built one of the first reflecting microscope.
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Blood cells were discovered by Anton Van Leeuwenheok. Van Leeuwenhoek also discovered protozoa and he called them animalcules.
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Gabriel Fahrenheit created the first murcury thermometer. This thermometer helped nurses take the patent's temperature.
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Small pox vaccinations were developed by Edward Jenner. This vaccine gave you immunity to smallpox.
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The stethoscope was invented. It was invented by Rene Laennec and used to monitor heart beats.
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Joseph Lister thought of the idea of washing your hands before surgeries and using clean objects. He started doing this and people had a more likely chance of surviving.
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Edward actually started giving the vaccinations to people and gave them immunity to cowpox and smallpox
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Elizabeth Blackwell was the first female physician. She was also the first female to receive a medical degrees the USA.
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Robert Koch discovered that pathogens was a disease that caused microorganisms
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Florence Nightingale started the first school in 1860. After this, nursing was considered an honorable profession.
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Florence Nightingale was the first female nurse in Italy. She was also the founder of modern nursing.
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X-Rays were invented. They were used to help doctors find the bone fractures.
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Surgeons started doing organ implants because they finally learned how to. It was used mainly for the heart.
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Infertile people could now have children because of options that doctors can now give them.
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Death rates dropped rapidly because of medicine and surgical care. Doctors started putting the patients health first.
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People can now go to the doctors office for check-ups. They don't have to wait until the need to see a doctor anymore.
