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 * These were some of the medical tools used back then during the civil war**

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 **Many soldiers died during the Civil War because of infections. Doctors thought you had to treat the infection after the pus came out of the wound. They thought it was a sign that the body was replacing the wound with clean tissue.**

William Conrad Roentgen discovered x-rays in 1895. It was used to see through flesh to see the bone. ** [|www.jyi.org/.../issue2/ features/cull1.html] [|chem.ch.huji.ac.il/ history/toepler.html] 1508- Leonardo Da Vinci illustrated the concept 1823- Sir John Herschel designs practical lens** 1939- First contact made out of pl****astic 1948- First contact designed to only cover the cornea 1971- Introduction of soft contacts 1978- GP contacts 1981- FDA approval of new soft contacts extended wear 1986- Overnight wear becomes available 1987- disposable contacts and contacts with flousilicone acrylate materials become available 1996- daily disposable lenses are available 2002- silicon-hydrogel and overnight contacts are available**
 * When x-rays were discovered
 * The contact lenses
 * 1887- First contact manufactured out of glass fitted to cover the entire eye

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Florence Nightingale made military field hospitals and was a nurse during the Crimean War. [|www.kids-iq-tests.com/ Mental-Illness.html]

Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. Her medical experience was from her working along side her brother for only two years as a nurse. [|www.uunhf.org/ unitarian/famous/]



Health care spending has grown significantly across the world the US increase has went from $144 per capita in 1960 to $4,400 by 1999.

LifeShirt.com ** Started in 1999 and is a new software for hospitals used in more than 1,000 hospitals world wide. It gathers initial signs of individuals sleep or engage in daily activity.

 **A time line of Vaccines** 1882- first vaccine for rabies 1896- first vaccine for typhoid fever 1897- first vaccine for plague 1927- first vaccine for tetanus 1935- first vaccine for yellow fever 1945- first vaccine for influenza 1955- first vaccine for polio 1964- first vaccine for measles 1967- first vaccine for mumps 1974- first vaccine for chicken poxs 1977- first vaccine for pneumonia 1978- first vaccine for meningitis ​ 1. What are some differences you can observe in the pictures between civil war surgical tools and modern ones?
 * Questions- **

2. Who discovered x-rays and When?

3. When was the contact lens thought of?

4. Why was Clara Barton so important to the medical industry?

5. What were three vaccines made in the 1970's?