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    Johns Hopkins University and Medical School were established in the late 19th century and set new standards for medical education in the United States with rigorous admission requirements and quality training that compared to European institutions. Candidates were required to have a bachelor's degree with two years of biology, chemistry, and physics coursework, as well as knowledge of French and German. Major diseases in the 19th century like diarrhea and tuberculosis declined in the 20th century as new technologies emerged, including x-rays, electrocardiograms, blood pressure cuffs, antibiotics like sulfa drugs and penicillin, and advances like organ transplants.

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    Johns Hopkins University and Medical School were established in the late 19th century and set new standards for medical education in the United States with rigorous admission requirements and quality training that compared to European institutions. Candidates were required to have a bachelor's degree with two years of biology, chemistry, and physics coursework, as well as knowledge of French and German. Major diseases in the 19th century like diarrhea and tuberculosis declined in the 20th century as new technologies emerged, including x-rays, electrocardiograms, blood pressure cuffs, antibiotics like sulfa drugs and penicillin, and advances like organ transplants.

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    The Birth of Johns

    Hopkins University
    and Medical School
    ● At Hopkins, a new era of American medicine
    was born,
    with rigorous admission requirements and a
    quality of
    training that set new standards in the United
    States and
    compared favorably with the European
    institutions.
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    At Johns Hopkins University


    and Medical School
    ● Candidates for admission to Hopkins were
    required to
    have a four-year college degree, including two
    years of
    premedical training in biology, chemistry and
    physics,
    and a reading knowledge of French and German.
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    Evolution of Disease
    ●In the 19th century, diarrheal
    diseases were the
    biggest killer of children, and
    tuberculosis
    was the leading cause of adult
    mortality.
    ●In the 20th and 21st centuries,
    diseases are now
    the leading cause of disease and
    death in
    adults.
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    Technology Reigns
    Supreme
    ●Wilhelm Roentgen
    invented the x-ray
    machine
    ● Because of its ability to see
    inside the body, x-ray
    photography is one of the
    most important medical
    discoveries.
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    The Birth of the EKG


    ●Sir Thomas Lewis mastered the
    technology
    of the electrocardiogram in 1912.
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    Andrew W. “Doc” Fleischer


    ● In 1921, he developed
    the mercurial
    sphygmomanometer
    that measured blood
    pressure away of
    assessing the health
    condition of the heart
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    The Beginning of
    Drugs
    Dr. Gerhard Domagk(1895-1964)
    discovered sulfa drugs.
    This drug became world famous
    when Dr. Perrin H. Long used sulfa
    drugs to treat Franklin Roosevelt
    Jr.
    Sulfa was called a “wonder drug”
    because it killed bacteria but did
    not hurt the cells of human tissue.
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    Mold Becomes A Medical Ally
    in the Battle Against Bacteria
    Alexander Fleming(1881-1955) discovered penicillin
    which killed
    staphylococcal bacteria.
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    Technology Transform the
    ●Dr. Richard Drew(1904-1950)
    established the
    use of transfusion and blood
    banks.
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    Technology Transform the


    Medical Arena
    Dr. Christian Barnard(1922-2001) performed the first heart
    transplant in 1967.
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    Dr. William Kolff developed an artificial kidney machine.

    Technology Transform
    the
    Medical Arena
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    James Watson and Francis Crick discovered DNA in 1954.

    Technology Transform
    the
    Medical Arena
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    Technology and the


    20th/21st Century
    ● Antiseptics
    ● Antibiotics
    ● Antiepileptics
    ● Antipsychotics
    ● Chemotherapies
    ● Vaccines
    ● Aspirin
    ● Blood Transfusions and Blood
    Banks
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    Technology and the


    20th/21st Century
    ● Electron Microscope
    ● CT Scans
    ● MRI Scans
    ● Pet Scans
    ● The Human Genome
    ● Genetic Testing
    ● Genetic Enzyme Replacements Therapy
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    Technology and the


    20th/21st Century
    ● Artificial Kidney Machine—Dialysis—
    Kidney
    Transplants
    ● Coronary Artery Bypass
    ● Angioplasty
    ● Total Hip and Knee Replacements
    ● Neurosurgery
    ● Lasik Surgery
    ● Organ Transplants—Heart, Kidney, Lung,
    Liver,
    Pancreas, etc.

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