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500
Alcmaeon of Croton
Alcmaeon of Croton distinguished veins from arteries. -
Period: 500 to 1300
Middle Ages
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659
Dental Amalgams
Creation of amalgams for dental procedures. -
754
Pharmacy
The first Pharmacy was established. -
900
Rhazes
Rhazes discovered the difference between measles and smallpox. -
1249
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon events spectacles, and wrote a description of lenses to make letters bigger. -
Period: 1301 to
Renaissance
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1489
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses. -
Scientific Method
The use of the Scientific Method was creating. -
William Harvey
William Harvey publishes An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals which forms the basis for future research on blood vessels, arteries and the heart. -
Relative Microscope was Invented
Allowed for the study of microscopic organisms. -
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells, and later observes bacteria. -
Giacomo Pylarini
Giacomo Pylarini gives the first smallpox inoculations. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Claudius Aymand
Claudius Aymand performs the first successful appendectomy -
Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner develops the process of vaccination for smallpox, the first vaccines for any disease. -
Stethoscope
The stethoscope was invented for doctors to hear other human heartbeats. -
The Germ Theory of Disease
The germ theory of disease was established, saying that most diseases are cause by microorganisms. -
Period: to
Modern World
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Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner introduces the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups. -
Insulin
Insulin was first used to treat diabetes. -
Whooping Cough
The vaccine for whooping cough was first developed. -
Dr. Christian Bernard
Dr. Christian Bernard performs the first human heart transplant -
Discovery of Virus and HIV
HIV, and the virus that causes AIDS, was discovered. -
Human Genome Project
The Human Genome Project was released, and was completed when they found the sequence of DNA for every single gene in a complete set of human chromosomes. -
Period: to
21st Century
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Robotic System- Jacques Marescaux
Jacques Marescaux surgical tasks are performed by a robotic system controlled by the surgeons. -
Transplant- Jean Michel Dubernad
Jean Michel Dubernad performs the first face transplant on a women. -
Cancer
First vaccine to help try and kill or reduce cancer. -
Euthanasia First Legalized
This is a painless killing of a patient that was suffering from pain.
