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The Western Medical Tradition: 800 BC to AD 1800 (1995); excerpt and text search. Bynum, W.F. et al. The Western Medical Tradition: 1800–2000 (2006) excerpt and text search; Loudon, Irvine, ed. Western Medicine: An Illustrated History (1997) online Archived 26 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine; McGrew, Roderick. Encyclopedia of Medical ...
1950: Medical advancement: Mass tuberculosis immunization is under way with the BCG vaccine. This vaccine is recommended to be given intradermally, immediately after birth. This vaccine is mandatory to attend school in France between 1950 and 2007, introduced in Brazil in 1967, and to the Philippines in 1979. [40] [47] [48] Tuberculosis: 1952 ...
An American health dilemma: A medical history of African Americans and the problem of race: Beginnings to 1900 (Routledge, 2012). Deutsch, Albert. The mentally ill in America-A History of their care and treatment from colonial times (1937). Duffy, John. From Humors to Medical Science: A History of American Medicine (2nd ed. 1993) Duffy, John.
A 12th-century manuscript of the Hippocratic Oath in Greek, one of the most famous aspects of classical medicine that carried into later eras. The history of medicine is both a study of medicine throughout history as well as a multidisciplinary field of study that seeks to explore and understand medical practices, both past and present, throughout human societies.
Medical Technology Schools used historical and medical sources to delve into the five biggest moments in the evolution of modern emergency medical technicians.
Population growth rates surged in the 1950s, 1960's and 1970's to 1.8% per year and higher, with the world gaining 2 billion people between 1950 and the 1980s. [ citation needed ] A decline in mortality without a corresponding decline in fertility leads to a population pyramid assuming the shape of a bullet or a barrel, as young and middle-age ...
1950 – The first synthetic antibiotic is created. 1951 – Artificial insemination of livestock is accomplished using frozen semen. 1952 – L.V. Radushkevich and V.M. Lukyanovich publish clear images of 50 nanometer diameter tubes made of carbon, in the Soviet Journal of Physical Chemistry.
The 3 Biggest Medical Advances of 2013. 2013 was a banner year for the health care industry, as major companies introduced new treatments capable of substantially improving the lives of patients.