# Medical History

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Category: Health
Slides: 14
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:18:11.237Z
Tags: health, medical, history

## Summary

"It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has." — attributed to Hippocrates of Kos (c. 460 — c. 370 BCE). Key sections include: A History of Medicine; Hippocrates and the Birth of Clinical Medicine; Ibn Sina and the Canon; Vesalius cuts the body open; Harvey traces the loop; Jenner, the milkmaid, and cowpox; Morton, ether, and painless surgery; Pasteur, Lister, and the invisible enemy; Fleming's accident, Florey's translation; Salk, Sabin, Hilleman.

## Slide Outline

1. A History of Medicine
2. Hippocrates and the Birth of Clinical Medicine
3. Ibn Sina and the Canon
4. Vesalius cuts the body open
5. Harvey traces the loop
6. Jenner, the milkmaid, and cowpox
7. Morton, ether, and painless surgery
8. Pasteur, Lister, and the invisible enemy
9. Fleming's accident, Florey's translation
10. Salk, Sabin, Hilleman
11. Watson, Crick, Franklin, and the double helix
12. Seeing inside, healing more
13. From Karikó's exile to global vaccination
14. Where to read further

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