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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299
Middle Ages
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Sep 8, 754
Pharmacy
The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad -
Sep 8, 820
Hospitals
Benedictine hospitals were founded. School of Salerno grew around it. Founded by Shabbethai Donnolo -
Sep 6, 900
Rhazes
Discovered the difference between measles and small pox -
Sep 6, 1012
Barber-surgeons
They preformed surgery to treat cataracts and practiced phlebotomy -
Sep 8, 1249
Lens
The first lens were created for hyperopia -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
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Sep 8, 1300
Islamic Hospital
Islamic hospitals opened; health care for the sick -
Sep 8, 1377
Quarantine
The concept of quarantine was created when the black death came up -
Sep 8, 1500
Cesarean Section
The first record of a successful cesarean section where both the mother and baby lived -
Sep 8, 1539
Andreas Vesalius
He dissected bodies and made detailed drawings of everything inside -
William Harvey
Described how blood is pumped through the body by the heart and how it recirculates -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Edward Jenner
Discovered that milkmaids exposed to cowpox did not get smallpox -
Anesthetics
Anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide was discovered -
Medical College
The first female medical college of Pennsylvania was established -
Louis Pateur
He carried out experiments that became the basis for modern microbiology -
X-ray
First x-ray in a U.S. hospital -
Period: to
Modern World
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Pap Smear
The first pap smear had been done by Dr. Papanicolaou -
Dr. Josepth Murry
He preformed the first kidney transplant between twins -
Limb Reattachment
The first successful reattachment surgery was preformed by Ronald Malt -
AZT
AZT is used to combat AIDS -
Surgery
The first surgery that was performed that didn't leave a scar
