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The History of Medicine
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07/22/2012

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Greeks and Romans contribution to medicine?
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phrases and words came from mythology and became medical terminology
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Greek physicians in the Dark Ages...
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They discouraged further study of medicine because Hippocrates and Galen were final authorities in matters of medicine
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John Hopkins University
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most famous medical school in the world of 1800's
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David Ho
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brilliant Doctor working on AIDS crisis today
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What did the Father of Medicine contribute?
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The Hippocratic Oath
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The caduceus is a staff that historically belonged to who?
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Hermes
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Dr. Christian Barnard
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he did the human heart transplant
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Albert Sabin and Jonas Salk
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developed polio vaccine
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Joseph Lister
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argued against the assumption that surgical infection is God given and inevitable (Listerine is antiseptic)
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Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis
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insisted on disinfecting hands before assisting (was wise for washing hands)
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pandemic
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disease caught by many people in any given country
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John Hunter
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contributed surgical techniques based on sound pathological evidence
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William Harvey
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first discovered that the heart functions as a pump circulating blood
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Abraham Flexner
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published reports that rated the quality of medical school
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Anthony Fauci
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the 5th most cited scientist during the years 1931-1994
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