Early medicine includes those of the Babylon, Chine, Egypt and India. Greeks introduced medicine diagnosis, prognosis and advanced medicine ethics. During the time of the renaissance anatomy improved and the microscope was invented. Germ theory of diseases lead to many cures for many infectious diseases. Advanced research centers opened in the early 20th century. By the mid-20th century new antibiotics were developed. Medicine was composed because of long infectious diseases. Edward Jenner developed vaccinations of that reason. Microbiology was making advances, a science that started with Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723), was first to observed microorganisms with a microscope.
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During the 19th century industry began expanding and when it did a lot of work-related diseases come with it. Such diseases were phossy jaw, lung diseases and dermatitis. There was also a bacterial infection that would target pregnant women, it would cause death to fetuses and make the mother have a miscarriage, this was known as childbed fever. Ignaz Semmelweis brought down the childbed fever death rate among new mothers by insisting that doctors wash their hands before touching women during childbirth. Because Cities started to grow rapidly, and so did urban sprawl. Health problems, such as typhus and cholera became more common. Cholera is an infectious and often fatal bacterial disease of the small intestine, it typically contracted from infected water supplies and it causes severe vomiting and diarrhea. Typhus is an infectious disease caused by rickettsiae, many symptoms were a purple rash, headaches, fever, and usually delirium, and historically a cause of high mortality during wars and famines. There are several forms, you can get transmitted by vectors such as lice, ticks, mites, and rat fleas. People would also travel to many parts of the world and bring back infections and diseases. Scientific breakthroughs appeared all over Europe and the Americas, including the electrocardiograph. Postal services and communications improved, allowing medical knowledge to spread rapidly. Democracy grew in several countries in Europe and the Americas. This led to people demanding health as a human right. Innovative scientists advanced forward despite resistance from the clergy, some examples include Charles Darwin and Gregor Johann Mendel. As technology developed, wars became more devastating, causing mass injuries, which required new surgical and medical
Ancient Medicine – The first doctor that was known …show more content…
During the 19th century industry began expanding and when it did a lot of work-related diseases come with it. Such diseases were phossy jaw, lung diseases and dermatitis. There was also a bacterial infection that would target pregnant women, it would cause death to fetuses and make the mother have a miscarriage, this was known as childbed fever. Ignaz Semmelweis brought down the childbed fever death rate among new mothers by insisting that doctors wash their hands before touching women during childbirth. Because Cities started to grow rapidly, and so did urban sprawl. Health problems, such as typhus and cholera became more common. Cholera is an infectious and often fatal bacterial disease of the small intestine, it typically contracted from infected water supplies and it causes severe vomiting and diarrhea. Typhus is an infectious disease caused by rickettsiae, many symptoms were a purple rash, headaches, fever, and usually delirium, and historically a cause of high mortality during wars and famines. There are several forms, you can get transmitted by vectors such as lice, ticks, mites, and rat fleas. People would also travel to many parts of the world and bring back infections and diseases. Scientific breakthroughs appeared all over Europe and the Americas, including the electrocardiograph. Postal services and communications improved, allowing medical knowledge to spread rapidly. Democracy grew in several countries in Europe and the Americas. This led to people demanding health as a human right. Innovative scientists advanced forward despite resistance from the clergy, some examples include Charles Darwin and Gregor Johann Mendel. As technology developed, wars became more devastating, causing mass injuries, which required new surgical and medical