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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299
Middle Ages
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Sep 7, 754
Pharmacy
The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad . -
Aug 31, 900
Rhazes
He discovered difference between measles and smallpox -
Sep 2, 1010
Avicenna
He wrote The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine. -
Sep 7, 1200
Cleaning Wounds
Found out that wounds should be cleaned to heal. -
Sep 7, 1231
Frederic II
He promulgated a set of laws concerning medical education standards and licensures that were far ahead of his time. -
Sep 2, 1249
Spectacles
Spectacles were invented by Roger Bacon in 1249 -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
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Sep 8, 1348
Black Death
The Black Death kill 40% of the population in Europe, inspiring doctors to research about medicine. -
Sep 2, 1489
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci dissects corpse in 1489. -
Sep 8, 1537
Andreas Vasalius
He collected skeletons and published large plates of anatomical drawings. -
Sep 2, 1543
Human Anatomy
Vesalius publishes findings on human anatomy in De Fabrica Corporis Humani. -
Microscope Discovery
The microscope was invented by Zacharius Jannssen in 1590. -
Scientific Methood
The use of the scientific method begins. -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
He discovered discovered blood cells. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Elizabeth Blackwell
She was the first women to gain a medical degree from Geneva Medical College in New York. -
Germs Causes Diseases
Louis Pasteur identifies germs as the cause of diseases. -
Cholera Vaccine
The first vaccine for cholera was founded in 1879. -
Contact Lenses
The first contact lenses was discovered in 1887 -
X-Ray Discovery
Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen discovered that his cathode ray tube could produce some unusual images. -
Aspirin
Felix Hoffman develop aspirin in 1899 -
Period: to
Modern World
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Electrocardiograph
Dr. Paul Dudley White pioneers the use of the Electrocardiograph in 1913 -
Earle Dickson
He invented the Band-Aid. -
Yellow Fever
The first vaccine for the yellow fever was founded in 1935 -
DNA Molecule
James Watson and Francis Crick worked on the structure of the DNA molecule. -
Dr. Christiaan Barnard
He performed the first human heart transplant.
