Smallpox -Small pox is a deadly and infectious disease that is highly contagious -In 1796, a doctor named Edward Jenner from Gloucestershire, England, discovered that by being injected with cowpox lesion could keep you from getting infected with smallpox -Smallpox these days is not commonly spread due to the vaccines now available

Yellow Fever -Yellow Fever was brought to the colonies generally from Africans -Yellow Fever is a viral infection spread by mosquitoes -There is no cure for yellow fever but getting vaccinated before traveling to a place which might have yellow fever would prevent you from catching it

Surgery -Surgery in the 1700s was done without numbing or pain killers -Often, during war, surgeries were done in the middle of battle fields - Even minor surgeries were very dangerous because surgical tools were also not sanitized which then led to other diseases

Ambulances -In 1797 Baron Dominique-Jean Larrey created the first ambulance to send trained medical professionals to the battle field to tend to wounded soldiers -Larrey designed a carriage which was then called the ambulance volante, or flying ambulance -The invention upped the soldiers chances of surviving greatly

Medical Schools -During the early 1700s, wealthy people striving to be doctors would travel to foreign countries like Great Britain or Europe. But most colonists would be an apprentice to an already established physician -During the mid 1700s, colonists began establishing their own medical schools throughout the colonies -Some of the first established schools were Columbia University in 1754, the University of Pennsylvania in 1765 and Harvard University in 1636

- Medical practices have evolved greatly over the centuries. - We are now able to do surgeries, transplants, etc. that only years ago wouldn’t even have been considered possible. - One reason humans live longer now in the 2000s than say the 1500s is because we have more knowledge of the human body and sickness. We also know how bacteria and diseases can be spread. Thank-you for watching my presentation!

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