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    The document provides a timeline of major developments in medicine from 1800 BC to the present. Some key events include the earliest known medical papyri from Ancient Egypt in 1800-1300 BC, the teachings of Hippocrates in the 5th century BC who is considered the father of Western medicine, the spread of Greek medicine to the Islamic world in the 8th-13th centuries, the first recorded public human dissection in 14th century Italy, the devastating Black Death pandemic in Europe in the 14th-16th centuries that killed over 25 million people, the emergence of diseases like smallpox and measles in Europe in the 16th century, major 19th century advances like the stethoscope, anesthesia, women

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    The document provides a timeline of major developments in medicine from 1800 BC to the present. Some key events include the earliest known medical papyri from Ancient Egypt in 1800-1300 BC, the teachings of Hippocrates in the 5th century BC who is considered the father of Western medicine, the spread of Greek medicine to the Islamic world in the 8th-13th centuries, the first recorded public human dissection in 14th century Italy, the devastating Black Death pandemic in Europe in the 14th-16th centuries that killed over 25 million people, the emergence of diseases like smallpox and measles in Europe in the 16th century, major 19th century advances like the stethoscope, anesthesia, women

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    Timeline: 5th Century BC HIPPOCRATES

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    Ioan-Radu Stănculescu
    The document provides a timeline of major developments in medicine from 1800 BC to the present. Some key events include the earliest known medical papyri from Ancient Egypt in 1800-1300 BC, the teachings of Hippocrates in the 5th century BC who is considered the father of Western medicine, the spread of Greek medicine to the Islamic world in the 8th-13th centuries, the first recorded public human dissection in 14th century Italy, the devastating Black Death pandemic in Europe in the 14th-16th centuries that killed over 25 million people, the emergence of diseases like smallpox and measles in Europe in the 16th century, major 19th century advances like the stethoscope, anesthesia, women

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    TIMELINE

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    C 1800 - 1300 BC EGYPTIAN PAPYRI


    - the ancient papyri include some of the worlds oldest written medical documents such as
    Ebers papyrus and Edwin Smith papyrus

    5th century BC = HIPPOCRATES


    - Greek physician know as ,,The Father of Western Medicine,,
    - his followers wrote the Hippocratic Corpus and Hippocratic Oath

    C. 8th - 13th century ISLAMIC medicine


    - Greek medicine spreads into the Islamic world through the work of Arabic translators of
    medical texts

    C. 14th century DISSECTION


    - 1st recorded public dissection of a human body takes place in Bologna, Italy

    14th-16th century The BLACK DEATH


    - one of the most deadly plague pandemies in the human history spreads from Asia to the
    Middle East, North Africa and Europe
    - over 25 milion people die
    epidemie = outbreak

    15th century:
    - a new disease: SYPHILIS erupts in Europe

    16th century: SMALLPOX and MEASLES


    - varicella = chickenpox
    - variola = smallpox
    - rubeola = measles
    - rubella = German measles
    - infectious diseases reach the ,,New World,, with devastating consequences

    19th century
    - the STETHOSCOPE was invented by rene Laennec. This diagnostic tool helps the physicians
    to listen to a patients heart and lungs
    - ANESTHESIA: William Morton administered ETHER to a patient undergoing surgery
    - WOMEN IN MEDICINE: Elizabeth Blackwell is the 1st female doctor to gain a medical
    degree in the USA
    - preventing CHOLERA: John Snow proved that cholera is transmitted through water
    contaminated with raw sewage (canalizare)
    - X-Rays were discovered by Roentgen. They helped physicians to screen for diseases such ar
    TBC and cancers
    - RADIUM: Marie and Pierre Curie discover the radioactive elements polonium and RADIUM,
    used for treating deep cancers.
    - ASPIRIN: Bayer launches the new aspirin pain-relief drug

    20th century
    TB vaccine DNA
    - the BCG (bacillus....) vaccine for tuberculosis is - scientists first show that DNA is the carrier of
    introduced. genetic information
    The double helix of the DNA: the molecular
    INSULIN structure of he DNA is first described by
    - scientists in Toronto, Canada first use insulin Watson and Creck
    from ox pancreas to treat diabetes
    POLIO VACCINE
    PENICILLIN - the 1st vaccines for poliomyelitis are
    - Alexander Fleming in London discovers a mold introduced
    with antibacterial properties which he names
    penicillin. HEART TRANSPLANT
    fungus=mold - the 1st transplant is performed in Africa

    - HIV / AIDS virus is identified

    21th century
    - 1st case of SWINE flu (gripa porcina)
    - Stem Cells: the authors who discovered the stem cell therapy are awarded with The Nobel
    Prise in Physiology and Medicine

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