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460 BCE
Birth of Hippocrates
birth of Hippocrates, the greek father of medicine begins the scientific study of medicine and prescribes a form of aspirin. -
300 BCE
Diocles
Diocles wrote the first known anatomy book. -
910
Rhazes
Persian physician Rhazes identifies small pox -
1489
Dissecting corpses
Leonardo Da Vinci begins dissecting corpses -
Blood Transfusions
Sir Christopher Wren experiments with canine blood transfusions -
Blood Cells
Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells -
Observes Bacteria
Anton van Leeuwenhoek starts to observe bacteria -
Giacomo Pylarini
He gives the first small pox inoculations. (vaccination) -
Appendectomy
Claudius Aymand performs the first successful appendectomy -
Smallpox Vaccination
Edward Jenner develops the process of vaccination for smallpox, the first vaccination for any disease. -
Nitrous Oxide
Sir Humphry Davy discovers the anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide. -
Stethoscope
Rene Laennec invents the stethoscope. -
Transfusion of Human Blood
James Blundell performs the first successful transfusion of human blood -
Anesthetic
Crawford W. Long uses ether as a general anesthetic -
Elizabeth Blackwell
the first women to gain a medical degree from Geneva Medical College in New York -
Syringe
Charles and Alexander develop the syringe -
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Vaccines
The first vaccines were developed for cholera, rabies, and anthrax -
X-Rays
Wilhelm Conrad discovers X-rays -
Bubonic Plague
The first vaccine for bubonic plague was developed -
Felix Hoffman
Felix Hoffman develops Aspirin -
Electrocardiograph
Dr. Paul Dudley white pioneers the use of the electrocardiograph (ECG) -
Band-Aid
Earle Dickson invented the baind-aid -
insulin
insulin first used to treat diabetes -
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Vaccines
The first vaccines for diptheria, whopping cough, tuberculosis, and tetanus were developed in this time period -
Penicillin
Sir Alexander Fleming discovers penicilin -
Yellow fever
the first vaccine for yellow fever was developed -
Pace Maker
John Hopps invented the first cardiac pacemaker -
the first test tube baby is born
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HIV
hiv, the virus that causes AIDS is identified. -
Alec Jeffreys
alec jeffreys devises a genetic fingerprinting method -
Clone
Dolly the sheep becomes the first clone -
Cancer
the first vaccine to target a cause of cancer