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Period: 500 to 1300
Middle ages
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659
dental amalgams
medieval china created amalgams and dental procedures such as tooth fillings -
754
pharmacies
the first pharmacy was opened -
900
Rhazes
Discovered the difference between small pox and measles -
1010
Avicenna
Avicenna writes the book of healing and the Canon of Medicine -
1249
spectacles
spectacles were invented -
1300
middle ages
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1300
Middle ages
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Period: 1301 to
renassance
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1489
Leonardo da Vinci
Da Vinci dissects corpses -
William harvey
William Harvey publishes a study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals -
Canines
Sir Christopher Wren experiments with canine blood transfusions -
printing press
allowed for publications of medical discoveries -
blood cells
Blood cells were discovered -
renaissance
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renassance
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Period: to
industrial revolution
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James Lind
James Lind publishes his Treatise of the Scurvy stating that citrus fruits prevent scurvy -
appendectomy
the first successful appendectomy was preformed -
first vaccine
Edward Jenner develops the process of vaccination for smallpox, the first vaccine for any disease -
syringe
the first syringe was invented and doctors use these all the time today -
germs
these were discovered to be the cause of disease -
industrial revolution
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industrial revolution
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Period: to
modern world
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electrocardiogram
this helped measure electrical activity in the heart -
band-aid
this is used around the world in our day to day lives. -
Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Franklin uses X-ray diffraction to study the structure of DNA -
Joseph E Murray
Dr. Joseph E. Murray performs the first kidney transplant -
Dr. Christiaan Barnard
Dr. Christiaan Barnard performs the first human heart transplant -
modern world
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modern world
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human genome
For the first time the world can know what the 23,000 different genes do. -
Period: to
21st century
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artificial heart
the first artificial heart was made and placed in a man with heart failure and it was successful -
Cancer
First vaccine to target a cause of cancer -
bionic limbs
development of the first prosthetic leg that communicates with the persons mind, -
21st century
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21st century
