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Period: 500 to 1300
Middle Ages
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542
Hotel-Dieu
A hospital founded in Lyon, France. Its the oldest hospital in Paris. -
800
Medical Universities
They were used to train physicians how to use the written knowledge to treat illness. -
900
Rhazes
Discovered the difference between measles and smallpox -
910
Differences Between Diseases
Separation of smallpox and measles and the suggestion that blood causes infections diseases. -
1120
Anathesia
Modern anathesia is developed. -
1301
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria -
Period: 1301 to
Renaissance
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1302
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon uses a microscope to discover plague fleas. -
1303
Robert Hooke
Reflective microscope -
1348
The Black Death
The Black Plague disease was carried by rats and fleas. The Black Plague was treated by lancing the buboes and applying warm water with poultice of butter, garlic, and onion. -
1510
Cauterizing Technique
This technique burns/destroys tissues in order to remove undesired growths. -
Microscope Invented
Allowed for study of microscopic organism -
Edward Jenner
Discovered the first vaccination. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Ignaz Semmelweis
Shows people the importance of hand washing. -
Invention
Ophthalmoscope was invented. -
Discovery
X-rays are discovred. -
Vaccination Discovery
Typhoid vaccine was first discovered. -
Alexander Flemming
Discovers Penicillin. -
Period: to
The Modern World
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Salk
Discovers the Polio vaccine. -
Salvarsan
A drug used to cure Syphilis was discovered. -
Transfusion
The first non-direct blood transfusion is made -
MRI
MRI scanning is first introduced. -
Period: to
21st Century
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Human Genome Project
International scientific research project with the goal of determining the sequences of chemicals base pairs which make up the human DNA. -
Transplant
First face transplant takes place. -
Stem Cells
Doctors began to introduce potential stem cells and also cloned human cells. -
Transplant
First womb transplant takes place -
Bionic Limbs
Development of the first advanced-movement prosthetic leg that communicates with the wearer's mind.
