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Jan 1, 659
Middle Ages
One of the most important contribution to medicine from China was the creation of amalgams for dental procedures. -
Jan 5, 724
The First Pharmacy
The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad, The pharmacist had various medications prepared to the person who ordered it. -
Feb 15, 1157
Montpellier University
Count Montpellier permitted anyone who had a medical licence to teach there, regardless of their religion or background at the medical school of Montpellier. -
Jan 2, 1231
Medical Educations in Universities
Frederick the II set laws concerning medical education standards and licenses that were far ahead of its time. -
May 26, 1340
School of Anatomy
By 1340, the university at Montpellier included the school of anatomy. -
Apr 5, 1423
Renaissance
In Europe, The city of Venice made the island of Santa Maria Di Narzaret into a hospital. -
Mar 12, 1493
Chemicals and Minerals
Paracelsus, a German-Swiss doctor, occultist, and scholar used chemicals and minerals in the body. -
Feb 14, 1510
Surgery
Ambroise Pare from France, helped lay out the foundations for modern forensic pathology and surgery, -
Jan 1, 1543
Pathogens
Girolamo Fracastoro was the first doctor to have suggested that human diseases may be caused by pathogens. -
Mar 8, 1578
Properties of blood
William Harvey, was the first person to properly describe the systemic circulation and properties of blood, and how the heart pumps throughout the body. -
The First Stethoscope
Rene Theophile invented the first stethoscope while seeing children play with a trunk -
Sanitary Act
Forced towns to appoint inspectors to check the water supplies and drainage. -
Cholera
Louis Pasteur found a vaccine for Anthrax, Rabies, and Cholera. -
Industrial Revolution
An act that split the country into sanitary areas that helped with diseases and other pathogens. -
Germs
Koch discovered micro-organisms and separated germs, including tuberculosis. -
Modern World
Penicillin is the first antibiotic that fights bacteria that was invented by Alexander Fleming. -
Organ Transplant
The first successful organ transplant was performed by Dr Joseph Murray and Dr David Hum in Boston. -
Antiviral Drugs
Antibiotics were helping out with most of the illnesses that were around that time like small-pox. -
Stem Cell Therapy
Cells that can renew themselves through cell division even after being inactive -
Immunotherapy
A treatment that stimulates the immune system to fight off a disease. -
21st Century
Pain relief for men with advanced prostate cancer. -
Lantus
Lantus is a insulin glargine injection for adults and children with type 1 or type 2 diabetes -
Vivelle
Prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis. -
Lescol XL
The use as an adjunct to diet to reduce elevated total cholesterol. -
Mirena
A hormone-releasing system for intrauterine contraception.