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500 BCE
Distinguished veins from arteries
500 BC Alcmaeon of Croton distinguished veins from arteries -
460 BCE
Aspirin prescribed
Greek father of medicine begins the scientific study of medicine and prescribes a form of aspirin -
460 BCE
Hippocrates
Hippocrates was born around 460 BC on the island of Kos, Greece. He became known as the founder of medicine and was regarded as the greatest physician of his time -
280 BCE
Study of the nervous system
Herophilus studies the nervous system -
Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300
Middle Ages
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910
Smallpox is identified
Persian physician Rhazes identifies smallpox -
Period: Jan 1, 1301 to
Renaissance
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Microscope is invented
Zacharius Jannssen invents the microscope -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Born in 1632 he made the discovery of blood cells and he studied bacteria -
First practiced blood transfusion
Sir Christopher Wren experiments with canine blood transfusions -
Discovery of blood cells
Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells -
Observation of bacteria
Anton van Leeuwenhoek observes bacteria -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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First successful appendectomy
Claudius Aymand performs the first successful appendectomy -
First successful vaccination
Edward Jenner develops the process of vaccination for smallpox, the first vaccines for any disease -
Edward Jenner
He performed the first vaccination -
invention of the stethoscope
Rene Laennec invents the stethoscope -
First successful transfusion of human blood
James Blundell performs the first successful transfusion of human blood -
Period: to
Modern World
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Discovers the different types of blood
Karl Landsteiner introduces the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups -
Invention of the band aid
Earle Dickson invented the Band-Aid -
Insulin first used to treat diabetes
Insulin first used to treat diabetes -
Vaccine for TB
First vaccine developed for tuberculosis -
Alexander Flemming
Discovered penicillin -
Period: to
21st Century
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First artificial liver is created
The first artificial liver device was developed by Dr. Kenneth Matsumara -
Kenneth Matsumura
Dr. Kenneth Matsumura is an oncologist in Berkeley, California and is affiliated with Highland Hospital. He received his medical degree from University of California San Francisco School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years -
First vaccination for cancer
First vaccine to target a cause of cance -
Different roles for cells
researchers made a breakthrough by identifying conditions that would allow some specialized adult cells to be "reprogrammed" genetically to assume a stem cell-like state -
First leg transplant
The first leg transplant takes place in Spain
