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1918 Flu

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The History of Medicine

Abu Ali Sina's approach to medicine laid the groundwork for the scientific method. He correctly identified the basic causes of stroke, and accurately describes the way the human heart functions. But until Lister introduced antiseptics in the 1870s, understanding of germs remained virtually unchanged.

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