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500
Veins
Veins were what carried blood away from the heart and they were in arteries. They were discovered at this time. -
Period: 500 to 1300
Middle Ages
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542
Hotel-Dieu
Was a hospital founded at this time. -
900
Rhazes
Discovered the difference between measles and smallpoxs. -
1010
Avicenna
She wrote a book about healing and the canon of medicine. -
1204
Innocent lll
Organized the hospital of Santa Spirito in Rome. -
Period: 1301 to
Renaissance
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1489
Leonardo Da Vinci
Dissects corpses -
Canine Blood Transfusions
Experiments were taken with these Transfusions -
Microscope invented
Allowed for study of microscopic organisms. -
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
discovered blood cells. -
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Observed Bacteria -
Giacomo Pylarini
gives the first smallpox inoculations -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Appendectomy
The very first successful Appendectomy was preformed. -
Edward Jenner
develops the process of vaccination for smallpox, the first vaccine for any disease -
Stethoscope
The first stethoscope was invented. -
Transfusions
The first successful transfusion of human blood -
Elizabeth Blackwell
First women to gain a medical degree from Geneva Medical College in New York -
Period: to
Modern World
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Karl Landsteiner
introduced the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups -
Insulin
Insulin first used to treat diabetes. -
Tuberculosis
First vaccine developed for tuberculosis -
Dr. Christiaan Barnard
Performs the first human heart transplant -
Robert S. Ledley
Invented the first CAT-scan -
Period: to
21st Century
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Human Genome Project
Scientist had created a drafting sequence of the human genome. -
Cancer
First vaccine to target a cause of cancer -
Face Transplant
The very first full replacement of a humans face was preformed by 30 surgeons in Spain. -
Andrew Kruse
Is the first to reveal the molecular structure of the sigma-1 receptor -
Studies
Rheumatoid arthritis is being studied and trying to get cures for it.
