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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
Middle Ages
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Jan 12, 754
Pharmacy
First Pharmacy was established in Baghdad -
Jan 12, 900
Rhazes
Discovered difference between smallpox and measles -
Jan 12, 1315
Human disection
Mondino de Luzzi conducts a public dissection for his students and spectators -
Feb 12, 1315
Disection
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Jan 12, 1352
Eyeware
First set of eye spectacles, founded in Italy -
Feb 12, 1352
Eyeware image
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Jan 12, 1500
Ceserean Section
First performed Cesarean Section where the baby and mother both survived was done by Jacob Nufer -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Renaissance
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Jan 12, 1520
Andreas Vesalius/ Leonardo Da Vinci
Dissected human bodies and made very detailed drawings labeling muscle structures to vital organs, helped many physicians. -
Jan 12, 1520
Veins and muscles
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Jan 12, 1530
Girolamo Fracostoro
Gave idea that epidemics may be cause by pathogens outside the body passed by direct or indirect human contact. -
Jan 12, 1530
French Disease
Syphilis outbreak started on boat coming back from the New World and spread through Spanish kingdom and soon to the French army. -
Jan 12, 1545
Heart
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William Harvey
Studied dying dogs and found out that the heart has two parts that pump blood throughout the whole body and that it circulated. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Stethescope
First stethoscope created by Rene Laennec, allows us to listen to heartbeat. -
Anesthetics
First use of an effective anesthetic, used during dental procedure where patient reported feeling nothing. -
Joseph Lister
Published book called the "Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery -
Joseph Lister
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Vaccines
First ever vaccine created protected against Cholera -
Wilhelm Roentgen
Discovered the X-ray, this brought medicine to whole new level. -
Blood Types
First discovery of different human blood types -
Period: to
Modern World
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Public Health
U.S. public health service is created -
Fleming
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin -
Defibrillator
First use of Defibrillators, done by Claude Beck -
Hepatitis A
First available vaccine for Hepatitis A -
Period: to
21st Century
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Genomes
Scientists were able to break down single genes, allowing the understanding of genetic makeup. -
Gardisil
First human papillomavirus vaccine approved by FDA to help treat HPV in 3 shots over course of 6 months. -
Richard Stac
Spider robot was made to do Laparoscopic Surgeries in the navel area allowing for one small cut instead of multiple, made by Dr. Richard Stac -
Liver
First Human liver grown from stem cells -
Smoking laws
28 states banned smoking in indoor public places like restaurants and hospitals, etc.
