| A | B |
|---|
| Egyptians | 1st to keep accurate health records |
| Chinese | used accupuncture |
| Greeks | 1st to study causes of disease; Hoppicratic Oath |
| Romans | sanitation system, organized medical care & hospitals |
| fall of Roman Empire | ended study of medical science; epidemics killed millions |
| Renaissance | period of scientific rebirth |
| 4 developments during Renaissance | universities & med schools/new idease about disease/dissection/printing press & books |
| Leonardo da Vinci | human anatomy |
| William Harvey | blood circulation |
| Gabriele Fallopius | Fallopian tubes |
| B Eustachio | Eustachian tube |
| Anton van Leeuwenhook | invented microscopie & discovered bacteria |
| apothecaries | early pharmacies |
| Rene Laennec | invented stethoscope |
| Joseph Priestly | discovered oxygen & role of plants |
| Benjamin Franklin | many inventions & human contact spreads colds |
| Edward Jenner | smallpox vaccine |
| 3 anesthesias to manage pain | nitros oxide, ether, chloroform |
| vaccinations were developed for: | whooping cough, diptheria, measles, tetanus smallpox |
| Ignwz Semmelweis | identied causes of childbed fever |
| Louis Pasteur | discovers mocroorganisma ; invents pasteruization |
| Joseph Lister | 1st to use antiseptic during surgery |
| Ernst von Bergmass | developed aseptic technique |
| Robert Koch | culture plate method |
| Wilhelm Roentgen | discovered X-rays |
| Paul Ehrlich | indentifies effect of drugs on disease-causing mocroorganisms (syphillus) |
| Gerhard Domaagk | sulfonamide compounds |
| Dmitri Ivanovski | viruses |
| Sigmund Freud | studied the mind; psychosomatic illness |
| Sir Alexander Fleming | penicillin |
| Jonas Salk | polio vaccine |
| Albert Sabin | live polio vaccine |
| Crick and Watson | DNA |
| Christian Barnard | 1st successful heart transplant |
| Ben Carson | separates Siamese twins |
| 21st century | more prevention & wellness; more home care & shorter hospital stays |
| Florence Nightingal's primary goal | gain effective training for nurses |
| Clara Barton | established Red Cross |
| Lillian Wald | created visiting nurses service |
| Dark Ages & Middle Ages | study of medicine stopped; epidemics killed millions |
| 16th & 17th century | new knowledge but quackery continued |
| 18th century | discoveries, dissection, bedside observations |
| 19th & 20th century | progress & discovered microorganisms |
| 21st century | today's approach based on past research, discoveries, & inventions |
| allied health professions | medical technology + community-based health care services |
| medical ethics | still a big issue facing us |
