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hesyre was the first known dentist in the world by name.
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two famous Greek philosophers Aristotle and Plato concluded that the human body had no use in the after life. this prompted the influence of Greek doctors to start finding out about the inside of the human body in a systemic way.
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physician Galen studied and dissected Barbary apes because they are anatomically similar to humans.
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used pulverized smallpox scabs taken from the sick and inhaled or rubbed them onto skin to immunize themselves.
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Increased anatomical study to further understand the anatomy of the human body. This allowed doctors to specify the causes of disease rather than diagnosing something broad.
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William Harvey publishes anatomical study of motion for the heart. This allowed cardiologist to see how the heart moved. Specific study also was a cause of this,doctors can now see how blood vessels move and how blood flows throughout the heart to support the body.
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Typhoid Fever Strikes Royalty causing doctors to create new vaccines to stop the spread of small pox.
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Giacoma Pylarini gives 1st small pox inoculations
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Began a primitive form of inoculation by intentionally infecting themselves with a disease to gain immunity. Enabled Edward Jenner to develop the worlds first true vaccine.
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an English country doctor from Gloucestershire named Edward Jenner conducts the first vaccination that prevents smallpox disease, a disease that killed millions of people over the course of centuries.
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Marianne Elisa ( Napoleon's sister) became the first ruler to attempt making vaccinations mandatory by law. however, she wasn't able to find a practical method of enforcement.
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the u.s. congress authorized and James Madison signed " an act to encourage vaccination", which in turn established the national vaccine agency.
