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500
Veins and Arteries
The difference between veins and arteries in discovered. -
Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299
Middle ages
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Aug 31, 900
Rhazes
He discovered the difference between measles and small pox. -
Sep 2, 1000
Medical care
Medical care becomes regulated. -
Sep 7, 1000
Surgery
Being a surgeon becomes a profession. -
Sep 7, 1100
Autopsies and Dissections
Doing dissections and autopsies become more popular. -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
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Sep 2, 1300
Islamic hospitals
Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick. -
Aug 31, 1350
Monasteries
Christian monasteries founded to treat the ill. -
Sep 2, 1400
Jacoba Felicie
French woman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied. -
Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke- invented reflective microscope. -
Antoine
Antoine van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas. -
Discovery
Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope. -
Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner discovered 1st vaccination of small pox. -
Cholera
Cholera returns and kills 30,000 people. -
John Snow
John Snow stops outbreak of cholera. -
Period: to
Modern World
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Salk
Salk discovers polio vaccine. -
WHO
WHO declares small pox is eradicated. -
Gardasil
Gardasil, a vaccine that prevents cirvical cancer is approved by FDA. -
Stem cells
Human skin cells are used to create embryonic stem cells (discovered). -
Artificial Heart
First artificial heart implant in a patient, but the patient died a month later.
