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Period: 500 to 1300
Middle Ages
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659
What was made up of silver and tin?
The first use of a substance for tooth fillings, which was made up of silver and tin. -
754
What was established in Baghdad?
First pharmacy was established in Baghdad. -
910
Who identifies smallpox?
Persian physician Rhazes identifies smallpox. -
1010
What did Avicenna do?
Avicenna writes The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine. -
1249
Who invented spectacles?
Roger Bacon invents spectacles(glasses). -
Period: 1301 to
Renaissance
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1487
Ambulances are first used for emergency transport
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1519
Hospital San Nicolás de Bari is the first hospital founded in America, under Spanish rule
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Who invented the microscope?
Zacharias Janssen invents the microscope. -
Who experimented with canine blood transfusions?
Sir Christopher Wren experiments with canine blood transfusions. -
Who discovered blood cells?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells. -
Who gives the first smallpox inoculations?
Giacomo Pylarini gives the first smallpox inoculations. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Who developed the process of vaccination for smallpox?
Edward Jenner develops the process of vaccination for smallpox, the first vaccine for any disease. -
Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to achieve a medical degree in the United States
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Black Death
Alexandre Yersin discovered the germ bacillus that was responsible for the plague. -
Who developed aspirin?
Felix Hoffman develops aspirin. -
Period: to
Modern World
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Who invented the Band-Aid?
Earle Dickson Invented the Band-Aid. -
What was developed for tuberculosis?
First vaccine developed for tuberculosis. -
What was developed for chicken pox?
First vaccine developed for chicken pox. -
What is identified that causes AIDS?
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is identified. -
What was developed for hepatitis A?
First vaccine developed for hepatitis A. -
Period: to
21st Century
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National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) established
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March is declared Deep-Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month
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What was discovered to target a cause of cancer?
Discovered first vaccine to target a cause of cancer. -
H1N1 flu pandemic outbreak and response.
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Affordable Care Act was created
