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400
Hippcrates becomes the "Father of Medicine"
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Jan 1, 1000
First school of medicine established in Salerno, Italy
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Jan 1, 1200
First strict measures for control of publish hygiene instituted
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Jan 1, 1300
First dissection of human corpse
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Jan 1, 1400
Rebirth of science
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Jan 1, 1400
First recorded regulations for midwives
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Jan 1, 1500
First scientific study of human anatomy published
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Blood circulation fist described
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Bacteria is discovered
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Benjamin Franklin invented the bifocals
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Rene Laennec invented the stethescope
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First law requiring licensed medical practitioners
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US Declared Independence from Great Britain
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Edward Jenner developed a vaccine for smallpox
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First practical anesthetic, ether, is introduced
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Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to qualify as a doctor
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Period: to
Civil War
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Germ theory introduced
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Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross
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Rabies vaccine discovered
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William Roentgen discovered the X-ray
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Major blood types identified
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Period: to
WWI
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Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicilin
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Period: to
WWII
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Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine
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Birth control pill introduced
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Christian Bernard performed the world's first heart transplant
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AIDS is identified
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Started tissue cloning, first sheep cloned
