1. Historical Overview of Medicine

2. Trepanation One of the first surgeries A hole was cut into the skull to release demons

3. 16 th and 17 th Centuries Anton van Leeuwenhoek

4. 18 th Century Edward Jenner

5. 19 th Century Rene Laennec

6. 19 th Century Ignaz Semmelweis

7. 19 th Century Joseph Lister

8. 19 th Century Louis Pasteur

9. 19 th Century Wilhelm Roentgen

10. 19 th Century Florence Nightingale

11. 19 th Century Clara Barton

12. 20 th Century Alexander Fleming

13. 20 th Century Jonas Salk

14. 20 th Century Francis Crick and James Watson

15. 21 st Century Human Genome Project

16. 21 st Century Stem Cells

17. 21 st Century Gene Mapping

18. 21 st Century Potential for major advances in health care is unlimited Completion of the human genome project:research with embryonic stem cells and cloned cells could lead to treatments that will cure many diseases Bioengineering has lead to bioethical issues

19. 21 st Century Concerns Bioterrorism New virus could mutate and cause disease in humans Pandemics, or worldwide epidemics, could occur quickly in our global society