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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299
the middle ages
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Aug 31, 754
pharmacies
the first pharmacy was established in Baghdad -
Aug 31, 900
Rhazes
Discovered difference between small pox and measles -
Sep 8, 1000
surgery
surgery is considered a profession -
Sep 7, 1002
encyclopedeia
the first medical encyclopedia was called, "The Canon of Medicine" -
Sep 7, 1249
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon invents spectacles -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
renaissance
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Sep 7, 1489
Dissection
Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses -
microscope
Zacharius Jannssen invents the microscope -
new theory
new theory is made that the heart acts as a muscular pump that circulates blood around the body in the blood vessels -
blood transfusions
Sir Christopher wren experiments with canine blood transfusions -
blood cells
Blood cells were discovered -
Period: to
industrial revolution
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smallpox
The first smallpox inoculation was given -
appendectomy
Claudius Aymand performs the first successful appendectomy -
vaccines
the first vaccine for any disease was developed and it was for smallpox -
medical degree
Elizabeth Blackwell is the first women to gain a medical degree from Geneva Medical College in New York -
contacts
the first contact lenses were developed -
Period: to
modern world
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Earle Dickson
Earle Dickson invented the band aid -
insulin
Insulin was used to treat diabetes for the first time -
whooping cough
First vaccine for whooping cough -
Sir Alexander Fleming
discovers penicillin -
John Hopps
invents the first cardiac pacemaker
