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Medica
Pedanius Discorides writes De Materia Medica. -
Period: 500 to 1300
Middle Ages
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754
pharmacy
The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad -
900
Rhazes
Discovered the difference between small pox and measles -
1010
Book of Healing
Avicenna writes the book of healing and the canon of medicine. -
1249
spectacles
Roger Bacon invents the spectacles. -
Period: 1301 to
Renaissance
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1305
eyeglasses
by the end of the 13th century eyeglasses were well known in Italy. -
1489
corpses
Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses. -
1543
Human Anatomy
Vesalius publishes findings on human anatomy in De Fabrica Corporis Humani. -
1560
printing press
allowed for publications of medical discoveries. -
Microscope
Zacharius Jannssen invents the microscope. -
Study of Motion
William Harvey publishes an anatomical study of the motion of the heart and of the blood of animals. which then formed the basis of future research on blood vessels, arteries and the heart. -
Smallpox Inoculation
Giacomo Pylarini gave the first smallpox inoculation. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Citrus Fruits
James Lind publishes his treatise of the scurvy stating that citrus fruits prevent scurvy. -
appedectomy
Claudius Aymand performs the first successful appedectomy. -
Vaccination for Smallpox
Edward Jenner develops the process of vaccination for smallpox; first vaccine for any disease. -
Anesthetic
Sir Humphry Davy discovers the anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide. -
Period: to
Modern World
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Blood
Karl Landsteiner introduces the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups. -
Electrocardiograph
Dr. Paul Dudley white pioneers the use of the electrocardiograph- ECG. -
Vitamin D
Edward Mellanby discovered the lack of vitamin d causes rickets. -
band-aid
Earle Dickson invented the band-aid. -
diabetes
Insulin first used to treat diabetes. -
Period: to
21st Century
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transpotation
the Life Port Organ Transporter uses a mobile machine perfusion to improve transplant outcomes. -
cancer
first vaccine to target a cause of cancer. -
skin cells
scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells. -
Kidney
the FDA approves the first human clinical trials for a wearable artificial kidney in the United States. -
Gnome
DNA from a extinct woolly mammoth is spliced into that of an elephant. scientist then revived the mammoths complete gnome.
