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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300
Middle ages
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754
Baghdad
The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad -
900
Rhazes
discovered the difference between smallpox and measles -
900
Arab doctors
Medical schools and hospitals were built to support the work of Arabic doctors -
1020
Eye surgery
first successful eye surgery -
1300
Islam
Islamic hospitals; healthcare for the sick -
Period: Jan 1, 1301 to
Renaissance
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1489
Leonardo da Vinci
1489 Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses -
Zacharius Jannssen
1590 Zacharius Jannssen invents the microscope -
scientific method
the use of scientific methods began -
Robert Hooke
Reflective microscope -
medical wards
Doctors increasingly trained to use Scientific
method. Beginning of more professional training
of doctors in hospitals wards -
Francis Bacon
Uses microscopes to discover plague fleas -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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vaccinations Edward Jenner
– The development of
vaccinations -
political attitudes
Governments believed they should
interfere in people’s lives as little as possible. If
people were unhealthy that was their business -
Period: to
Modern world
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Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner discovers the existence of different human blood types -
Alois Alzheimer
Alois Alzheimer identifies the first case of what becomes known as Alzheimer's disease -
William Einthoven
– invents electrocardiography (ECG/EKG) -
Epidural Fidel Pages
– Fidel Pagés pioneers epidural anesthesia -
Insulin Frederick and Charles
Frederick Banting and Charles Best discover insulin – important for the treatment of diabetes -
Period: to
21 Century
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HPV
– First HPV vaccine approved. -
Face Transplant
– Laurent Lantieri performs the first full face transplant. -
1st grown kidney
– The first kidney was grown in vitro in the U.S. -
1st groen liver
– The first human liver was grown from stem cells in Japan. -
3D printed Skull
- A 3D printer is used for first ever skull transplant.