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- Roman physician of Greek origin: physician to the gladiators. -doctrine of 4 bodily humors: blood, phlegm, yellow & black bile. -anatomy demonstrations with dissection. -documented importance of spinal cord for movements of limbs. -performed tracheotomy to cure breathing difficulties.
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-among Greek physicians second only to Hippocrates in ability and reputation.
-was the first to write medical treaties in attic Greek.
-wrote the first systematic textbook on animal anatomy.
-first to use the word "anatomy" to describe the study.
-wrote several medical books. -
-The ancient Greek physician considered the father of medicine.
-born on the island of Cos
-collected data and conducted experiments to show disease was a natural process; that signs and symptoms of a disease were caused by the natural reactions of the body to the disease process.
-strict code to maintain patient privacy and to never deliberately harm patient. -
-our modern code of ethics rooted in ancient Greece.
-current version written in 1964 by louis lasagna. -
-philosopher of medicine
-first to identify the brain as the seat of understanding and to distinguish understanding from perception -
-not only practiced hair-cutting/shaving but also attended wounds and performed surgical operations.
-practiced "blood letting", cupping, pulling teeth, enemas.
-served in the military where they treated battle wounds, amputated limbs and cauterized/burned the stump to seal the vessels.
fact:
-the red and white barber pole are associated with the service of blood letting and a representation of bloody bandages wrapped around a pole to dry -
-physician
-built upon the ideas of Hippocrates.
-documented differences between smallpox and the measles. -
-compiled by Persian Philosopher Avicenna.
-5 volumes of Greek and Arabic medicine.
-dominant teachings of medicine (until the 17th and 18th century). -
-Norman king Roger II decrees a license is required to practice medicine
-physicians were licensed after training.
-no women was allowed to practice. -
-first professional association of midwives founded in Germany.
-midwives have assisted women in giving birth forever. -
-German-Swiss physician and alchemist.
-established the role of chemistry in medicine.
-identified certain diseases as being caused by toxic elements ingested or inhaled into the patients body. -
-innovative french surgeon.
-served as a surgeon for numbers of kings.
-been apprenticed to a barber.
-joined army and spent 30 years as a military surgeon. -
-renaissance physician.
-revolutionized the study of biology and practice of medicine.
-wrote and illustrated the first comprehensive textbook of anatomy.
-his work represented the culmination of the humanistic revival of ancient learning, introduction of human dissections into medical curricula and growth of a European anatomical literature -
-by Flemis anatomist Andreas Vesalius.
-1st accurate work on anatomy. -
-English physician.
-first to recognize the full circulation of the blood in the human body and provided experiments and arguments to support it. -
-surgeon.
-founder of pathology anatomy in England.
-early advocate of investigation and experimentation. -
-English physician and scientist.
-discovered d a vaccine for smallpox. -
-British nurse, statistician, and social reformer.
-charge of nursing British and allied soldiers in Turkey during the Crimean war.
-first women awarded the Order of Merit. -
-surgeon
-insisted on clean instruments and hands between patients (using carbolic acid;known as aseptic technique. -
-invented in 1839 by Alfred Velpeau.
-were not used till 1842 by doctor Crawford Williamson.
-causes relief and/or preventation of pain mostly through surgical performances. -
-German physician and pioneering microbiologist.
-discovered that microorganisms (pathogens) are the source of some disease.
-founder of modern bacteriology. -
-discovered by Wilhelm Conrad.
-discovered when experimenting with cathode radiation.
-helps get a view inside the human body.
-used to study fractured bones or spot issues. -
-discovered by Marie Sklodowska-Curie.
-chemical element.
-if ingested it will deposit in the bones and do damage to body tissue. -
-discovered in Toronto, Canada by Federick Grant Bantings and Charles best.
-lowers the amount of sugar in the blood. -
-First antibiotic was penicillin.
-discovered by Alexander Fleming.
-medicine that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganism. -
-re-movement of an organ from one body to another.
-first successful kidney transplant led by Dr. Joseph murray.
-done between identical twins. -
-invented by Gregory Goodwin Pincus.
-used in the 1960's.
-inhibit female fertility.
-taken by mouth everyday. -
-scientist discovered ways to derive embryonic stem cells from early mouse embryos.
-1998:method to derive stem cells from embryos and grow them in a laboratory. -
-international scientific research project with the goal of determining the sequence of nucleotide base pairs that make up human DNA, and of identifying and mapping all of the genes of the human genome.
-ended in 2006 -
-medical procedure to replace all or part of a person's face using tissue from a cadaver.
-Worlds first partial face transplant was carried out in France on 2005.
-First full face transplant as in 2010 in Spain.
