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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299
Middle Ages
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Sep 8, 620
Aaron of Alexandria
Wrote 30 books on medicine. First author to mention smallpox and measles. -
Sep 6, 900
Rhazes
A Persian doctor who discovered difference between measles and smallpox. -
Sep 8, 1123
St Bartholomew's Hospital Founded
Oldest hospital in Britain still providing all medical services. Accepted mental patients along with regular ones. -
Sep 8, 1242
Ibn An-Nafis
Discovered Pulmonary and Coronary circulation. -
Sep 8, 1286
Invention of Eyeglasses
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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
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Sep 8, 1300
Islamic Hospitals
Healthcare for the sick. Some of the world's first hospitals. -
Sep 8, 1500
Paracelsus
Pioneered use of chemicals and minerals in medicine. Rejected occultism. -
William Harvey
Explained the circulatory system in, "An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals". -
Robert Hooke
Invented the reflective microscope. -
Bacteria first described
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek observes and describes bacteria. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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James Lind
Discovered that consumption of citrus fruits prevents scurvy. -
Edward Jenner
Discovered the worlds first vaccine. -
Germ Theory of Disease Established
Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch established the Germ Theory of Disease. -
First Cholera Vaccine
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Medical use of X-Rays discovered
William Conrad Rontgen discovers the medical use of x-rays. -
Period: to
Modern World
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Alexander Fleming
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin. -
Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk develops his first polio vaccine. -
Smallpox Eradicated
The World Health Organization announces that smallpox has been eradicated. -
Dolly the Sheep Cloned
First mammal successfully cloned. -
Human Genome Project Completed
The HGP was a 13 year project that mapped the entire human genome.
