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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299
Middle Ages
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Sep 9, 754
The first pharmacy is created in Baghdad.
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Sep 9, 910
Physician Rhazes
The first to identify small pox and to suggest blood is the cause of the infectious disease. -
Sep 9, 1200
Consilium
Medical doctors wrote the consilium that describes various diseases and symptoms. -
Sep 9, 1250
The first magnifying glass is constructed.
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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
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Sep 9, 1500
The first documented successful cesarean section in preformed.
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Zacharias Janssen
Creator of the first compound microscope. -
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An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals is published which forms the basis for future research on blood vessels, arteries and the heart. -
Canines are experimented on for blood transfusions.
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Marcello Malpighi
Discovers capillaries -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Rene Laennec
Invents the first stethoscope in a Paris hospital. -
Anesthetics
The first operation is preformed using diethyl ether as an anesthetic. -
Elizabeth Blackwell
The first woman to earn a medical degree in America. -
X-rays are discovered
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A vaccine for typhoid is discovered.
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Period: to
Modern World
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Protonsil is used to treat food poisoning.
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Dr. Jonas Salk
Didn't cure polio but made a vaccine to prevent it. It came into use this year. -
The first heart transplant is preformed.
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Raymond Damadian
First to create a full body mri to diagnose cancer. -
Scientists complete a draft sequencing of the human genome.
