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The History of Medicine

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Andreas Vesalius   dissected human bodies and wrote a book on human anatomy  
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William Harvey   dissected hearts; correctly understood that blood circulates in one direction  
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Karl Landsteiner   mixed blood samples and found out about the four blood groups; later used for safe blood transfusions and organ transplants  
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Wilhelm Roentgen   accidentally discover x-rays in 1895  
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Ignaz Semmelweis   discovered washing hands eliminated the spread of infections (especially child bed fever)  
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Louis Pasteur   discovered the "Germ Theory"-one microorganism causes one disease in one person; also developed some vaccines: anthrax & rabies; also began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria  
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Edward Jenner   discovered vaccination; successfully vaccinated people for smallpox in 1796  
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Jonas Salk   discovered the polio vaccine in 1952  
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James Lind   found out putting citrus in diets can prevent Scurvy-vitamin C deficiency  
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Alexander Flemming   discovered penicillin in 1928 - the first bactericidal antibiotic  
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Howard Florey & Erns Chain   successfully extracted penicillin and used it to treat illnesses; essentially, they perfected the antibiotic  
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Gerhard Domagk   discovered prontosil inhibited growth of bacteria - it also prevented it; the first chemotherapeutic drug  
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Sir Frederick Grant Banting, Charles Best, & John James Rickard Macleod   extracted insulin & administered it to diabetics to reduce blood sugar levels  
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Michael Bishop & Harold Varmus   researched cancer; discovered oncogenes & discovered factors that can activate them  
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Luc Montagnier & Robert Gallo   discovered that HIV developed AIDS - a retrovirus lifelong disease  
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Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins   discovered vitamins prevented illness; studied on mice about nutrition & diet  
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Joseph Murray   1st successful transplant of organs; transplanted a kidney from 1dog to another which were identical twins; following this, the development of rejection drugs showed it was possible to transport organs between non-identical relatives & from dead to living  
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Marie Curie   isolated radium in 1910  
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Gregory Mendel   established the patterns of hereditary  
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Romans   began health and sanitation systems  
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Hippocrates   the father of medicine  
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Leonardo Da Vinci   artist who used dissection to draw the human body  
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Dark Ages   emphasis was placed on saving the soul and study of medicine was prohibited  
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Clara Barton   founded the American Red Cross in 1881  
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Egyptians   earliest people known to maintain accurate health records  
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Chinese   used acupuncture to relieve pain and congestion  
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Robert Koch   developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens  
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Florence Nightingale   founder of modern nursing  
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Joseph Lister   began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery  
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Gabriel Farenheit   created the first mercury thermometer  
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Rhazes   an Arab physician who began the use of animal gut for suture material  
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What did ancient people think was the cause of disease and illness?   demons and evil spirits  
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List the four things Hippocrates stressed to help the body heal itself.   1. a good diet 2. fresh air 3. cleanliness 4. exercise  
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What is the Rod Asclepius?   a Greek symbol associated with medicine and healing  
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In the Dark Ages, what was the main method used to treat illness and disease?   prayer  
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List four diseases that shortened the lifespan of individuals in the Middle Ages.   1. smallpox 2. diphtheria 3. tuberculosis 4. typhoid  
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Why was dissection a major advance in health care during the Renaissance?   physicians can view the organs and the connections between the systems  
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What was the significance of the invention of the microscope in 1666?   it allowed individuals to see organisms that are too small to be seen by the naked eye  
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What did apothecaries use to make many of the medications in the 17th century?   plants and herbs  
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Why was the invention of the stethoscope in 1819 important?   it allowed physicians to listen to internal body sounds  
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Elizabeth Blackwell   first female physician in the United States  
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Dorothy Dix   appointed superintendent of Female Nurses in the army.  
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Bacteriostatic   An agent that causes bacteriostasis (inhibition of growth of bacteria without destruction)  
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Bacteriocidal   destroying bacteria  
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Oncogene   A gene having the potential to cause a normal cell to become cancerous  
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