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Period: 500 to 1300
The Middle Ages
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900
Rhazes
Discovered the difference between measles and smallpox. -
910
Abulcasis
Establishes surgery as a profession -
1021
Alhazan
Wrote the ¨Book of Optics¨, advances the field of ophthalmology and eye surgery -
1160
Hildegard of Bingen
Wrote the Liber simplicis medicinae (simple book of medicine) -
1200
Training
The training of doctors had become established as well as universities -
Period: 1301 to
Renaissance
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1348
The Black Death
A massive death that caused many deaths in England -
1400
Common Diseases
Bubonic Plague( killed 25 million of Europe's population), syphilis, the Puerperal Fever, and the Typhoid Fever -
Scientific method
We start to use scientific method -
Microscope Invented
Allowed for the study of microscopic organisms -
Plague Fleas
Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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1st Vaccination
Edward Jenner discovers 1st vaccination -
Louis Pasteur
Pasteurization of milk -
Joseph Lister
Practice of medical asepsis -
Robert Koch
Discovery of pathogens -
Ignaz Semmelweis
Shows importance of hand washing -
Karl Landsteiner
Discovered human blood groups -
Period: to
Modern World
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Marie Curie
Discovers science of radioactivity -
Influenza Pandemics
Was the deadliest in the modern history. It has effected 1/3 of the worlds population. -
Alexander Fleming
Discovers penicillin -
Jonas Salk
Discovers polio vaccine -
Dr. Joseph E. Murray
First successful kidney transplant -
Period: to
21st Century
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Artificial Heart Implant
Surgeons from Louisiana managed to implant a new-generation artificial heart into a patient -
Stem Cells
Doctors began to induce potential stem cells and also clone human stem cells -
Prosthetic Limb
First advanced-movement prosthetic leg that communicates with the wearer´s mind -
Human Liver
Japanese researchers managed to create a functioning human liver out of stem cells -
Face Transplant
The 28th face plant surgery as conducted, this was the second face plant surgery to be done in the U.S.A
