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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300
Middle Ages
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Jan 1, 600
Historians believe the knowledge of the anatomy of the human body originated in the Middle Ages
Middle Ages -
Jan 1, 659
Dental Amalgams ~ first use of a substance for tooth fillings, which was made up of silver and tin
Middle Ages -
Jan 1, 754
The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad
Middle Ages -
Jan 1, 1100
Scientist Ibn al-Haytham came up with an explanation for vision through his research on optics and the anatomy of the eye.
Middle Ages -
Jan 1, 1300
Quarantine is the idea to keep groups of people apart so that disease could not spread became a big medical discovery
Middle Ages -
Jan 1, 1301
Invention of the printing press ~ helped anatomists have their work mass produced and distributed
Renaissance -
Period: Jan 1, 1301 to
Renaissance
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Jan 1, 1305
Eyeglasses were invented to help prefect peoples vision
Renaissance -
Jan 1, 1352
Earliest depiction of a person wearing glasses from the year 1352
Renaissance -
Jan 1, 1478
Girolamo Fracastoro ~ first doctor that suggested that human diseases may be caused by pathogens
Renaissance -
Jan 1, 1500
First written record of having a baby and a mother survive a cesarean section
Renaissance -
Edward Jenner ~ experimented with cowpox for a couple years/discovered that there were two forms of a disease and that only one could help the human body build an immunity against smallpox
Industrial Revolution -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Wars with France and in the Crimea led to the improved surgical procedures and nursing care
Industrial Revolution -
Telegraphs and the railway developed during this time allowing ideas to get around more quickly
Industrial Revolution -
Poor water in the 19th century meant diseases could spread more rapidly and easier
Industrial Revolution -
Typhoid became a known disease in this era ~ its disease that inflames the intestine and is spread with contact of the infection
Industrial Revolution -
Period: to
Modern World
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Ongoing research concentrated on the nature of infectious diseases and their means of transmission
Modern World -
First successful human blood transfusion using Landsteiner's ABO blood typing technique
Modern World -
Dr. Paul Dudley White becomes one of America's first cardiologists
Modern World -
Edward Mellanby discovers vitamin D and shows that its absence causes rickets.
Modern World -
Insulin first used to treat diabetes.
Modern World -
Period: to
21st Century
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Kenneth Ouriel ~ leading name in vascular surgery and research, and he helped found a major Middle Eastern hospital in Dubai.
21st Century -
Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells
21st Century -
Dr. Maria Siemionow did a groundbreaking surgery ~ first full human face transplant in Cleveland, Ohio
21st Century -
The FDA approves the first human clinical trials in the United States for a wearable artificial kidney designed by Blood Purification Technologies Inc. out of Beverly Hills, California
21st Century -
The success of a ground breaking surgery will determine the future of US cancer patients and veterans with injuries to the pelvic area. On 5/8/16, Thomas Manning was the first man to get a pelvic area transplant in Massachusetts. He is getting better.
21st Century John Hopkins University School of Medicine is also hoping to start providing the surgery soon.
