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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299
Middle Ages
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Sep 12, 1000
Al-Zahrawi
Al-Zahrawi was an Arab Muslim physician that established surgery as a profession. -
Sep 13, 1021
Alhazen
He wrote the book of optics. -
Sep 13, 1025
The Canon of Medicine
This is a book that set standards for medicine in Medieval Europe. -
Sep 13, 1091
Avenzoar
An Arab Muslim that is considered the greatest physician since Rhazes he discovered and did many things first. Just one is the first Parasitologists and did many other things. -
Sep 6, 1299
Rhazes
Persian doctor who discovered the difference between small pocks and missals. -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
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Sep 13, 1578
Blood Circulation
It was discovered. -
Zacharius Jannsson
Dutch len grinder invented the microscope. -
Cancer
It was discovered. -
William Harvey
Published "An Anatomic Study of the motion of the heart and of the blood in animals", describing how blood is pumped throughout the body by the heat. -
Bacteria
It was discovered. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Complutense University of Madrid
The university was established -
Smallpox Vaccination
The vaccination was discovered. -
Anesthesia
It was successfully performed during surgery. -
Cholera
It was a large outbreak. -
The Germ Theory
It was introduced. -
Wilhelm Roentgen
He discovered X-Rays. -
Period: to
Modern World
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Karl Landsteiner
Discovered the reason why blood transfusions, sometimes save lives and not other times. -
Chemotherapy
The first time it was done. -
Polio
A vaccine for polio was created. -
Dr. Chris Barnard
He performed the first heart transfusion. -
AIDS
It was discovered.
