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Period: 500 to 1300
Middle Ages
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565
Discovery of blood
Galen took further to his understanding of bodily functions and performed animal even human decisions and was able to figure out that arteries carries blood rather than air. -
800
Hospitals
Hospitals is a place where patients are treated and cared for -
1000
Abulcasis establishes surgery as a profession
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1015
what medicines people used in the middle ages
Most people in Medieval times never saw a doctor. They were treated by the local wise-woman who was skilled in the use of herbs, or by the priest, or the barber, who pulled out teeth, set broken bones and performed other operations. -
1110
Medical Schools
By this time there were medical schools throughout Europe -
1300
Text of Diocorides
Text of dioscorides is lost there are man surviving copies, his text formed the basis of much of the herbal medicine practiced until 1500 A.D. -
Period: 1301 to
Renaissance
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1372
Herophius
Herophius wrote at least nine works, including a commentary on Hipperates, a book for midwives and treatises on anatomy, and causes of sudden death. -
1400
The Black Death
The black Death and the rise of florence -
1489
First to dissect a corpes
Leonardo da vinci dissects corpses -
1543
Human Anatomy
Vesalius publishes findings on human anatomy -
Study of the heart
Harvey conducted a comparative study on animals and humans to realize that blood is not consumed but pumped through the body by the heart. -
Giacomo Pyllarini gives the first smallpox inoculations
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Period: to
Industrial Revalution
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The rediscovery of Aristotle
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The prevention of scurvy
James Lind publishes his treatise of the scurvy stating that citrus fruit to prevent it -
The failure of holy war
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Felix Hoffmann develops aspirin
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Period: to
Modern world
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Classify blood into groups
Karl Landstiner introduces the system to classify blood into A,B,A,B, and O groups -
The invention of the band-aid
Earle Dickson invented the band-aid -
First vaccine developed for diphtheria
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First vaccine developed for whooping cough
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First vaccine developed for whooping cough
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The Discovery of the Brain and its control of the body
Discovered for the first time that the brain has a central role in controlling bone formation density. -
Period: to
21st century
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The Discovery of the first clone
Discovered for the first time that the brain has a central role in controlling bone formation density. -
Vaccine for cervical cancer
Found a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer -
President George W. Bush participating in a discussion on cancer prevention
President George W. Bush visited NIH touring the cancer research laboratory and participating in a discussion on cancer prevention -
National Health policy established
