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Jan 1, 1452
Leonardo Da Vinci used human dissections to draw the human anatomy
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William Harvey described the circulation of the blood to and from the heart
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Anton von Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope
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Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals
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Edward Jenner developed a vaccine for smallpox
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Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope
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Gregor Mendel established the pattterns of hederity
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Ignas Semmetweiss identified the cause of maternal infections and instituted hand washing
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Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to qualify as a doctor in the U.S.
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Florence Nightingale started the first school of nursing during the Crimean War and made nursing an honorable profession
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Joseph Lister was the first doctor to use an antiseptic during surgery to prevent infection in the incision
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Louis Pasteur- rabies vaccine proved that microorganisms caused disease and discovered that heating milk prevented the growth of bacteria
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Robert Koch- Father of Microbiology, he discovered many disease- causing organisms- anthrax, tubericulosis, cholera
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Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross
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William Roentgen discovered X-rays
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Marie Curie isolated radium
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World War 1
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Influence pandemic kills many all across the world
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Alexander Flemming discovered Penicillin
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World War 2
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Cold War
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Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine
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Albert Sabin created the oral polio vaccine
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Birth control is introduced
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Christian Barnard performed the world's first heart transplant surgery
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Revolutionary War
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First test tube baby is born - Louise Brown
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AIDS is recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
