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    exBoo-r300 a Exyptian apr ‘These ancien papytinciude ome ofthe work oldest writen tredical documents suchas the bers papyrus and the EwinSith Papyrus sth century xe Hippocrates Sheek physician known as the father of edicine and his followers “rite he Hippocratic Corpsand “Yedippocratic cath “ast century oc Sushrata indian surgeon writes the Swhrata Samhicd,a classic text of Ayurvedic medicine and surgery ast century ap Dioscorides Greek physician produces his De materia medice describing over 300 medicinal plants includingthe ‘opium popry and century 40 Galen {Graeco-Roman physician becomes the most celebrated and influential “ysician in the Roman Empire; slen's many works include his eas aboutthehumoral theory, rnatomny and bloodletting th—agth century Islamic medicine Greek medicine spreads into the Islamie world through the work of ‘Arabic translators of medical texts exgis/n6 Dissection Fist recorded public dissection ofa human body in Christendom takes place in Bologna. Italy 2 Timcuine 1347-53 The Black Death (One ofthe most deadly plague ppandemicsin human history spreads from Asia tothe Middle East, North Africa and Europe. Over 25 million people de (possibly as many asone-third of Europes population) 1495 Sy ‘Ainew disease eruptsin Europe following the French siege of Naples seo Smallpox and meastes Infectious diseases reach the "New World with devastating consequences 1543 Human anatomy Flemish anatomist Andreas esas publishes De human’ corporis ebrica ‘with illustrations ofthe stracare of the human body based on dissection ofhuman corpses 1846 Hand-washing J gnas Semmelweisinvestigares high mortality rate from puerpe= everin hospital, concluding thachate>Wasbingss> “cwital to prevent infection > agg08 Chinese medicine LiShi-2hen writes Beeoo Gangmu his influential eompendivm of medicinal herbs 1628 Circulation ofthe Bo ‘William Harvey publishes hit treatise proposing thatthe heart isa pump that circulates the blood 1846 Anaesthesia Wiliam Morton administers etbe: around the body toa patient snderepingswrgenya Sees cecases bark the! es Cenee Hosp European explorers bring this ad Bap Women in adiine beth Bacewel i hei feaedsetor'e pines carly remedy for malaria back ftom South America in 120 itis found to Tea Hay Wore Hong sts Quaranta aa i er uenpnciceot Falling majreBlea the first International Sanitary qqaalipornecultionoFogland 747 Clinical tals James ind conductea clinical tial Conference is held with thealme? raking quarantine an interoacio== covoperative effort for disease Chatshows the Denes of ge ee ee enn an leans preventing : 154 Preventing choler 796 Vaccination tne handefthe ava leaner fini roudStreet pumpin tondon Seasepmerecneto removed to prove that chle i oe HE rallctancer ro published ins798 1796 Homeopathy Samel Hahnemann establishes ‘anew system of medical healing Called homeopatoy sl used today Invented by René Lane this diagnostic tool enables physicians 2 listen toa patent's Iongsand heart ori isease spreads from Asia, North ffica and Burope, reaching England ins. and the Ameriasin 832 154-6 NNorss in she Crimean Yar Forence Nightingale aM Seacole, independent asin si nursing woundedand sickseiS=5 Wightingale subsequently pis jorroleinthe {878-Gesmtheory “os Pasteur readsapaperbefore dhe French Academy of Sciences ‘ntided Germ Theoryand its = ‘ppliations to Metcieand™ 188 Mdemtifying the cause E Kecbidetiesthe etpanble for” ebbcilitT) A885 Rabies vaccine ‘isteurguccessfullyvaccinatess boy ‘potas Teed aaeae > 4894 BabeaiE plague NevandreYersin denies the acts responsibeforbxbonte agus; therole of thebladkiatand aeratflesin transiting bubonic “Tague is discovered a few years later Tscovered by Wilhelm Rntgen, cays enable physicians togeeen sediteases suchas Toand ances» a5 aiding eurgeryand erly evelopment intadiothirapy > 1897 Mosquitoes and malaria In indiaRoald Ros discovers ‘malaria parasites inmasquitogs:the following year he elucidates chee ‘cle of matariain bids > 3898 Radian Mavieand Pierre Cure discover the FadioactiveeTements plonismand radium Bog Aspirin, \Bayetlaunches the wewaepiin inrellefArugand sells it ina dauble package with herein ‘tMedicines awarded to Emil” yon Behring for his work on serum» therapyespecially its aplication ‘yainst giphtheria > 1910 Firs magi ballet!» Paul Ehrlich sn Sabachiro Hata discover alvareamto teat yphilis ed Spanish ‘relates the lobe ilingan ‘ctimatcago milion prope the most devarating pandemi ee ronoe.TR vaccion cine or bees isintoduced 1922 tnsutio ‘Scientists in Toronto, Cama frstuseinsulfn rom oxpancren: twtreatdiabetes 1928 Penicitin ‘Aleander Fleming in London discoversa mould with antibacterial properties which hemares peniellin 1930 The FDA The Food and Drug ‘Administration (FDA) s named as a government agency to regulate thecontentand safety ofconsumer feeds nd druge 1935-6 Suiphonamides ‘These drags are found tobe effective against certain bacteria and used to ‘vent puerperal or childbirth fever and other infectlons Early 19408 Antibiotics Howard Florey, Ernst Chain and Norman Heatley at Oxford Univesity England develop penicilinas the Sst highly effective antibiotic for previously fatal bacterial infections 1943 Streptomycin Albert Sehats working with Selman Wakeman discovesstreptomyein, ‘he fst effective antibiotic against TB 1944 08 Scientists fist show that DNA isthe cartier of genetic information rgaB RCTS ‘The ist reported randomized controlled tral (RCT) ~ to test the efficacy of streptomycin asa treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis is published 1948 WHO ‘The World Health Organization (WH0}is setup asan agency ofthe United Nations with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland 1948 The NHS. The National Health Services Jaunched, nationalizing the health serviceand providing free care for alvin Britain 1953 The double helix of DNA ‘The molecular structure of DNA isfirst described by James Watson and Francis Crick, based also on the experimental work of Maurice ‘Wilkins and Roralind Franklin 1954 Organ transplant Fist successful Kidney transplant is. performed between identical ewins inBoston, USA 1955-62 Polio vaccine ‘Thefirst vaccines or polio are Introduced leading toits near eradlaation by the early astcentury Early 19608 The Pill ‘The frstoral contraceptive pill isintroduced Early 19608 MRSA, ‘The first cases of MRSA methicillin~ _fsistant Staphylococcus aureus ate dentitiet in a British hospital 1964 Medical ethics The Declaration Helsinki details ethical conduct in medical research ‘volving human subjects and isa _—

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