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200
Galen
Tracheotomy -
Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
Middle Ages
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900
Rhazes
Discovered difference between smallpox and measles. -
1300
Islamic hospitals
Health care for the sick. -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Renaissance
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Method
Use of scientific method begins. -
Robert Hooke
Reflective microscope -
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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John Snow
John Snow stops outbreak of cholera. -
Period: to
Modern World
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Marie Curie
Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity. -
San Francisco
Bubonic plague hits San Francisco -
Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin -
HMO
First HMO insurance -
Smallpox
WHO declares smallpox eradicated -
Period: to
21st Century
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Steve Thomas
Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment -
Garndasil
A vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by the PDA -
Scientists discover
Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells
