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Alcmaeon of Croton
Alcmaeon of Croton distinguished veins from arteries -
Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300
Middle Ages
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900
Rhazes
Rhazes discovered the difference between smallpox and measles. -
950
Medical Care
Medical care becomes regulated. Around 950. -
950
Monasteries
Christian monasteries founded to treat the ill. Around 950. -
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Avicenna
Avicenna writes the book of healing -
1300
Islamic
There is now Islamic hospitals to help the sick. -
Period: Jan 1, 1301 to
Renaissance
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1543
De Fabrica Corporis Humani
De Fabrica Corporis Humani is published with the findings on human anatomy. -
Microscope
The microscope is invented. -
William Harvey
William Harvey forms the beginning ground on blood vessels, arteries and the heart. -
Blood Transfusions
People start to experiment with blood transfusions with canines. -
Blood Cells
Blood cells are discovered by Anton van Leeuwenhoek. -
Bacteria
Bacteria is discovered. -
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Industrial Revolution
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Benjamin Waterhouse
Benjamin Waterhouse helps introduce the smallpox vaccine. -
Stethoscope
The stethoscope is invented. -
Childbed fever
Child bed fever cure and prevention was found by Olive Wendall Holmes. -
Anesthesia
The first public demonstration of anesthesia on a patient is done in public. -
Appendicitis
Reginald Heber Fitz describes the first appendicitis and advocates performing appendectomies. -
Aspirin
Aspirin is developed. -
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Modern World
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Paul Dudley White
Paul White introduces electrocardiograph to the U.S.. -
Iron Lung
Philip Drinker makes the Iron Lung to help polio-paralyzed patients breath. -
Artifical Kidney
Carl Walter, John Merrill and George Thorn perfect the kidney for clinical use. -
Kidney Transplant
Joseph Murray performs the first successful kidney transplant on identical twins. -
Photochemotherapy
Photo chemotherapy is invented to help treat disorders like psoriasis. -
Brain Abnormalities = abuse
Researchers discover that brain abnormalities can be associated with abuse and neglect. -
Period: to
The 21st Century
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Circadian Clock
HMS neurobiology researchers find a pathway involved on how the brains circadian clock sends signals to control the bodies daily rhythms. -
Rheumatoid arthritis pathway
People find a pathway linked to cartilage deterioration and bone attrition of rheumatoid arthritis. -
Sourse of preclampsia
The source of preclampsia is found, a complication of pregnancy. -
Mary-Elizabeth Patti
Mary and her colleagues discover the poor prenatal nutrition can permanently damage the insulin-producing cells in an embryos pancreas.
