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  The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad
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  Benedictine hospitals were founded. School of Salerno grew around it. Founded by Shabbethai Donnolo
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  Discovered the difference between measles and small pox
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  They preformed surgery to treat cataracts and practiced phlebotomy
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  The first lens were created for hyperopia
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  Islamic hospitals opened; health care for the sick
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  The concept of quarantine was created when the black death came up
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  The first record of a successful cesarean section where both the mother and baby lived
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  He dissected bodies and made detailed drawings of everything inside
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  Described how blood is pumped through the body by the heart and how it recirculates
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  Discovered that milkmaids exposed to cowpox did not get smallpox
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  Anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide was discovered
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  The first female medical college of Pennsylvania was established
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  He carried out experiments that became the basis for modern microbiology
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  First x-ray in a U.S. hospital
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  The first pap smear had been done by Dr. Papanicolaou
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  He preformed the first kidney transplant between twins
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  The first successful reattachment surgery was preformed by Ronald Malt
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  AZT is used to combat AIDS
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  The first surgery that was performed that didn't leave a scar