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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299
Middle Ages
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Sep 10, 754
Pharmacies
The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad -
Sep 10, 1000
School of Salerno
Medical school founded in Medieval Europe -
Sep 10, 1250
Asclepius
God of medicine, healing, rejuvenation, and physicians in ancient Greek mythology and religion -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
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Sep 7, 1300
Islamic Hospitals
Health care for sick -
Sep 7, 1300
Scores of hospitals in the Muslim world
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Sep 7, 1400
Jacoba Felicie
Frenchwoman attempts to practice medicine but was denied -
Sep 7, 1500
Printing press made it possible to publish books faster
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Scientific method came into use in Europe
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Robert Hooke
One of the first reflecting microscopes -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Philosophical Movement
Studies of human anatomy -
Francis Bacon
Uses microscope to discover plague fleas -
Edward Jenner
Began inoculating people with the fluid from cowpox blisters to vaccinate against smallpox -
Stethoscope was invented
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Robert Koch
Discovers that pathogens are the source of some diseases -
Use of ether as an anesthetic began
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Louis Pasteur
Carried out experiments that became basis for modern microbiology -
Period: to
Modern World
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Alexander Fleming
Discovers penicillin -
Jonas Salk
Discovers polio vaccine -
First HMO insurance
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WHO declares smallpox eradicated
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AZT is used to combat AIDS
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Rhazes
Persian doctor who discovered difference between measles and small pox -
Tooth Fillings
First use of a substance for tooth fillings (made of silver and tin)
