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Minoans practise trephination |
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c. -2500 |
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Minoans export opium to Egypt |
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c. -1300 |
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| Poppy (Papaver somniferum) Wellcome Library, London
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Greeks erect buildings for the dying |
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c. -430 |
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Greek temples provide sanctuary for the sick |
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c. -430 |
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| Healing at the shrine of Amphiaraos Wellcome Library, London
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Plague of Athens kills a third of the population |
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c. -425 |
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| Women bathing in a public gymnasium Wellcome Library, London
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Hippocratic oath forbids abortion |
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c. -400 |
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King Mithridates creates legendary antidote to poison |
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c. -90 |
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| Preparation of theriac, 1512 Wellcome Library, London
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Romans give soldiers free burial in army recruitment drive |
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c. -20 |
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| Roman cremation Wellcome Library, London
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Romans take a lenient view over suicide |
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c. 50 |
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| Seneca committing suicide in a bath Wellcome Library, London
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Romans construct well-appointed army hospitals |
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c. 50 |
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| Floor plan of the valetudinarium at Neuss Wellcome Library, London
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Dioscorides writes De materia medica |
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c. 64 |
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| Medicinal plants, Dioscorides Wellcome Library, London
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Soranus of Ephesus writes on gynaecology |
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c. 100 |
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| Foetal positions, Soranus Wellcome Library, London
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Galen learns surgery by repairing gladiators' wounds |
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157 |
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| Fatally wounded gladiator Wellcome Library, London
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Romans invent ingenious baby's bottle |
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c. 200 |
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Fabiola founds Christian hospital in Latin west |
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397 |
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Plague of Justinian kills 25% of population |
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542 |
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Arab pharmacists become master drug-makers |
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c. 1000 |
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| Rhazes in his laboratory at Baghdad Wellcome Library, London
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Hospital of St John in Jerusalem |
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c. 1080 |
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| Jerusalem from the south Wellcome Library, London
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Birth of the Biddenden Maids |
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1100 |
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| Conjoined female twins Wellcome Library, London
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Lepers segregated from society in lazarettos |
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c. 1100 |
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| The leper hospital, Amsterdam Wellcome Library, London
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European pharmacists form guilds |
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c. 1200 |
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| Pharmacist dispensing cough syrup Wellcome Library, London
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Contraception condemned by church physicians |
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c. 1200 |
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| Mother feeding her child
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Christianity teaches the 'Art of Dying' |
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c. 1200 |
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| The death of Dick Whittington Wellcome Library, London
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Muslims build hospitals with fountains |
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c. 1200 |
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| The Maristan Hospital, Granada, Spain Wellcome Library, London
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Barbers practise part-time surgery |
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c. 1250 |
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| Bleeding a woman Wellcome Library, London
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Europe's monarchs begin touching for the 'King's Evil' |
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1254 |
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| Mary I touching for the King's Evil Wellcome Library, London
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First public dissection of a human body in Christendom |
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c. 1315 |
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