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500
Alcmaeon
Alcmaeon of Croton distinguishes the difference between veins and arteries. -
Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299
Middle Ages
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Sep 7, 754
Pharmicies
The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad -
Sep 7, 800
Monks and Priests
They treated their patients through a majority of prayers, which is silly now looking back at it because no physical contact was made. -
Aug 31, 900
Rhazes
He discovered the difference between measles and smallpox. -
Sep 2, 1250
Roger Bacon
He constructed the first magnifying glass. This helped with future examining of objects and medical research, such as cells or disease, that are too small for the human eye. -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
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Sep 2, 1300
Islamic hospital
The hospitals were created for the sick. -
Sep 2, 1346
Bubonic Plague
The black plague killed around 60% of the European population. This meant that scientists and doctors had to discover a new vaccine or treatment quickly to cease the horrific disease. -
Sep 7, 1506
Da Vinci
He preforms a dissection on a hundred year old man, furthering his learning on how the inner body of a human functions. -
Zacharius Jannssen
Dutch lens grinder invents the microscope. -
Scientific Method
The first use of the scientific method is used. The method is used in every day medical practices ranging from any occupation. -
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
He discovers blood cells -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Rene Laennec
Invents the stethoscope. -
James Blundell
Performs first, successful blood transfusion. -
John Snow
He stops the outbreak of cholera -
Cholera
First vaccine for cholera was created. -
Rabies
First vaccine for rabies. -
Vaccine for Plague
The first vaccine for plague. -
Period: to
Modern World
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Nobel Prize for Medicine
The first Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine was awarded to Emil Von Behring for his work on the development of a diphtheria antitoxin. -
Alexander Flemming
He discovered penicilin. -
Antibiotic
Penicillin was mass produced, creating the worlds first antibiotic. -
Paul Zoll
Develops cardiac pacemaker to control irregular heartbeat. -
MRI
The first full-body scan of a human in an MRI -
HIV
The virus was found that causes aids, otherwise known as HIV.
