Download History of Medicine

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Question: What happened when Rome
fell?
DARK AGES !!!!!
End of medical schools and
hospital
 Catholic Church dominated
medicine- “Healing through Christ”
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Overcrowding and poor sanitation
caused outbreaks of cholera, smallpox,
tuberculosis
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THE PLAGUE!!!! Killed over 60 million
people
Question: What happened next?
The Renaissance “Rebirth”
Revisited Greek and Roman
culture
Studying of the arts, including the
body was encouraged (dissection
accepted if for scientific study)
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Building of universities and medical schools
Invention of printing press-allowed there to
be more books for study
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Famous Contributors:
› Leonardo da Vinci- studied anatomy by studying
corpses
› Anton van Leeuwenhoek- invented microscope
› William Harvey- discovered how the heart
pumps blood through body