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Period: 500 to 1300
Middle Ages
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900
Rhazes
Discovered difference between measles and smallpox -
1010
Avicenna
Wrote "The Book of Healing" and "The Canon of Medicine" -
1095
Congregation of the Antonines
Founded to treat victims of "St. Anthony's Fire", which was a skin disease -
1100
Variolation Technique
Is developed to inoculate children and adults with dried scab material recovered from smallpox sufferers -
1250
Magnifying Glass
Roger Bacon constructed the first magnifying glass used for scientific purposes -
Period: 1301 to
Renaissance
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1489
Leonardo da Vinci
Dissects corpses for medical purposes -
1540
Tooth Extractions and Blood Letting
English barbers and surgeons perform these tasks -
Circulatory System
Correctly explained for the first time by William Harvey -
Reflective Microscope
Allowed study of microorganisms like bacteria -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Discovered blood cells -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Edward Jenner
Discovered first vaccination -
Human Blood
Transfused from one person to another for the first time -
Anesthesia
It becomes widely available to doctors performing surgeries -
Appendectomy
The first successful appendectomy is performed in Iowa -
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
Invents the x-ray and radiation therapy follows -
Period: to
Modern World
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Typhoid and Rabies
Vaccines first licensed in the US -
Insulin
First used as a treatment for diabetes -
James Watson and Francis Crick
Unraveled the mystery of human DNA -
William Grey Walter
Invents the brain EEG topography or the toposcope -
Polio
The entire Western Hemisphere is certified as "polio-free" by the WHO -
Period: to
21st Century
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Steve Thomas
Used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment -
Gleevec
The FDA approves Gleevec which is the first drug to target a specific gene mutation -
Human Genome
The sequence of a complete human genome is published -
Gardasil
A vaccine to prevent cervical cancer is approved by the FDA -
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Precise treatments are created from studying cell samples to focus on only the most relevant immune cells
