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Jan 1, 1000
Medical School Est
First medical school est in Salerno, Italy -
Jan 1, 1200
Hygiene
First measures towards public hygiene. -
Jan 1, 1300
Dissection
First dissection of the human corpse -
Jan 1, 1400
Recorded Regulations
FIrst recorded regulations for midwives -
Jan 1, 1500
Human Anatomy Book
First study for human anatomy published -
Blood Circulation
Blood first discribed by William Harvey -
Bacteria Discovered
Bacteria was first discovered/indentified -
Microscope invented
Simple mircoscope was invented by Anton van Leeuwenhoek -
First law requiring licenses
First law requiring licensed medical practitioners -
Obstetrics est
Obstetrics established as a separate branch of medicine -
US Independence
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Rev War
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Smallpox vaccine
Discovered by Edward Jenner -
First Anesthetic
first practical anesthetic, ether, introduced. -
Civil War
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Diagnostic Tools
Tools such as microscope, thermometer and x-rays -
GERMS
Germ theory was introduced -
American Red Cross
Started by Clara Barton -
Rabies
Rabies vaccine discovered -
X-ray
Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-ray -
Blood Types
Major blood types such as O,A,B and AB were indentified -
Isolated Radium
Isolated by Marie Curie -
WWI
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Penicillin
Discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming -
WWII
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Polio Vaccine
Discovered by Jonas Salk -
Birth control
First birth control pill introduced -
Heart Transplant
First successful heart transplant -
Test tube baby
Louise Brown born in England was the first test tube baby born -
AIDs
AIDS was first recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
