TFN - REVIEWER PART 2

EDWIN SMITH PAPYRUS

medical text from the 17th century BC

EBERS PAPYRUS

medical text in 16th century BC

EDWIN SMITH

american antiquities dealer and collector

GEORGE EBERS

german egyptologist and novelist

MIDDLE AGES

practice by monks and priests who commonly treated illnesses with prayers and religious rituals

AVICENNA

persian physician, wrote the canon of medicine in the 11th century.

19TH CENTURY

period of great leaps

IGNAZ SEMMELWEIS

discover that hand washing could prevent disease transmission.

LOUIS PASTEUR

discovered the existence of microbes

20TH CENTURY

genetics, pharmacology, surgery, and medical technology

ALEXANDER FLEMING

discover the penicillin in 1928

21st CENTURY

nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and biotechnology