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500
rhazes
discovered difference between small pox and measles -
500
acupuncture & pulse diagnosis
the first uses of acupuncture and pulse diagnosis was used in 500 b.c -
Period: 500 to 1300
middle ages
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659
amalgams
the idea of substance tooth fillings would be made of silver and tin, but was not used until later on -
754
first pharmacy
the first pharmacy was in Baghdad in 754 -
1100
antiseptic method
wounds would be cleaned and then sutured to promote healing. -
Period: 1301 to
renaissance
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1315
mondino de luzzi
a italian physician wrote, anathomia corporis humani , this is the first example of modern dissection and first anatomic text. -
1352
glasses
the earliest uses or knowledge of eye glasses was in 1352 by -
1377
quarantine
after the black death , the city of ragusa , issued orders to combat the plague. -
1500
cesarean section
first written record of a baby and mother surviving during a cesarean section was in 1500 -
printing press
allowed for publications of medical discoveries -
Period: to
industrial revolution
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citrus fruit
it was discovered that citrus fruit prevent scurvy -
stethoscope
the first stethoscope was invented in 1816 -
germ theory of disease
it was established that a specific disease is caused by a specific organism. before this doctors believed disease were caused by spontaneous generation. -
emil von behring
discovers antitoxins and uses them to develop tetanus and diphtheria vaccines -
x-rays
while experimenting a man discovered that rays were emitted in the current of a discharge tube. -
Period: to
modern world
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blood transfusion
first successful record of blood transfusion was in 1907 , using abo blood typing technique -
insulin
Insulin was used to treat diabetes in 1922 -
vaccine
first vaccine for diphtheria was created in 1923 -
kidney transplant
in 1954 , the first kidney transplant was done between identical teens. -
christiaan barnard
a south african performed the first human heart transplant -
Period: to
21st century
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birth control
birth control patch was first created in 2002 -
hpv
an hpv vaccination was created in 2006 -
embryonic cells
scientist discovered human skin cells can create embryonic cells -
trial of ebola vaccine
the first trial for a ebola vaccine started in january 2015 -
michael sofia
was honored and award for being the creator for hepatitis cure
