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Medicines were around for a long time, because of beliefs and religion, but American-made medicines began to enter market in the 1800's. During the industrial revolution working conditions were harsh, and during winters many people needed jobs and were willing to do anything for a job. Many diseases spread back then because of poor sanitation. For example doctors performed on patients without washing their hands, and this lead to many diseases that caused thousands of deaths. During the industrial revolution disease was a constant threat to all people, and because of poor sanitation bacteria spread quickly and most factories were dumping waste into rivers and streams, so this made water a big problem. The main king disease during the industrial revolution was "King Cholera", this disease was water borne and spread mostly through filthy cities.  This was also known as the most feared infectious of the industrial age, it killed over 100,000 people during the industrial age. Thanks to the helped of some scientist the germ theory was discover and sanitation began, which lowered the death rate. **
 * Birth of the Medical Industry:


 * On November 8, 1895, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen created the first x-ray. He saw an image cast from his cathode ray generator. The rays were generated at the point of contact of the cathode ray beam on the interior vacuum. The discovery of the x-ray helped the 18th and 19th century because they no longer had to cut the body open to see the inside. In 1896 Dr. Hall-Edwards was one of the first people to use the x-ray for a diagnosis, which he discovered a needle in a womans hand. During the first 20 years of the x-ray was used to treat soldiers fighting in the Boar War and War World 1. This helped find bone fractures and bullets. By the early 1900's the damaging qualities of the x-ray was shown to be very powerful in fighting cancers and skin diseases. **


 * Robert Koch Louis Pasteur Joseph Lister**
 * During the Industrial Revolution, with Joseph Lister, Robert Koch, and Louis Pasteur discovery of the germ theory, sanitation and hygiene became a lot better. Back during the time of the Civil War, people did not even wash their hands when going from patient to patient, the germ theory changed that. Louis Pasteur explained that certain diseases are caused by the invasion of the body by microorganisms that are too small to be seen by the naked eye, and only through a microscope. This helped during industrial revolution because germs were proven to be true and the people began finding cures to more diseases and the sanitation improved drastically. **

** Clara Barton was a great nurse and helped create the Red Cross Association. Her work began in April 1861, and after the Battle of Bull run she set up an agency that distributed supplies to wounded soldiers. After the war she became well know and founded the American Red Cross in 1881. Barton was head of the organization until death. (April 12, 1912) **

1.What was the main disease during the Industrial Revolution? 2.Who created the first x-ray? 3.How did the discovery of the x-ray help the 18th and 19th century? 4.How did the germ theory change the medical industry? 5.Who created and was head of the American Red Cross until their death in 1912? **
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