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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300
Middle Ages
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820
Benedictine hospital
Benedictine hospital founded, School of Salerno would grow around it. -
900
Rhazes
Discovered difference between small pox and measles. -
1010
Avicenna
Avicenna writes The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine. -
1249
Roger Bacon
Invents Spectacles -
1300
Islamic Hospitals; healthcare for the sick
Medical Care becomes regulated -
Period: Jan 1, 1301 to
Renaissance
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1489
Leonardo da Vinci
dissects corpse -
1543
Vesalius
Vesalius publishes findings on human anatomy in De Fabrica Corporis Human. -
Microscope
was invented, which played a huge part in medical advancement. -
Zacharius Jannssen
Invents the Microscope. -
Blood Cells
Blood Cells are discovered -
Giacomo Pylarini
Gives the first smallpox inoculations. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolotion
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James Lind
James Lind publishes his Treatise of the Scurvy stating that citrus fruits prevent scurvy. -
Claudius Aymnad
Claudius Aymand performs the first successful appendectomy. -
First painless surgery
First painless surgery with general anesthetic. -
Stethoscope
The first stethoscope was first invented and allowed doctors to listen to internal noises of patients. -
Period: to
Modern World DONE
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Whooping Cough
First vaccine developed for whooping cough. -
Tuberculosis
First vaccine developed for tuberculosis. -
Tetanus
First vaccine developed for tetanus. -
Sir Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin. -
Percy Lavon Julian
Synthesized the medicines physostigmine for glaucoma and cortisone for rheumatoid arthritis. -
Period: to
21st Century
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Jean-Michel Dubernard
performs the first partial face transplant. -
Cause Of Cancer
First vaccine to target a cause of cancer. -
Ian Frazer
Developed a vaccination for HPV. -
Laurent Lantieri
Laurent Lantieri performs the first full face transplant. -
3-D Printed Heart
The first 3-D printed heart is created from patients cells
