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65
Materia Medica
Dioscorides, a greek wrote a text, explaining the medical use of more than 600 plants. -
200
Bloodletting
Bloodletting was the common treatment for many illnesses, because people thought a lot of illnesses were caused by having too much blood. For large amount of blood a vein was cut, but for small amounts of blood a leech was used. -
Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299
Middle Ages
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Sep 6, 900
Rhazes
Persian doctor who discovered the differnce between mesles and small pox -
Sep 8, 950
Schola Medica Salernitana
The first ever medical school -
Sep 8, 1140
Roger of Sicily
He forbid anyone from practicing medicine without a license -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
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Sep 8, 1330
The black plague
Due to the lack of proper medicine and hygiene, the black plague killed around 25 million people died of the plague, this shows how important medicine is. -
Sep 8, 1541
Paracelsus
He thought that there was a cure to every disease, and was the first to use inorganic compounds for medicinal healing. -
Sep 12, 1543
De Humani Corporis Fabrica
also know as,' On the Fabric of the Human Body', it is a book made by Andreas Vasalius, it is a detailed replication of the dissected human body. -
Girolamo Fracastoro
He discovered that rabies was a disease that affected humans and animals, and at the time he thought it to be incurable. -
William Harvey
By studying dying dogs, he discovered that blood was pumped through the whole body by two valves. -
Period: to
Industrial revolution
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Edward Jenner
Developed the first successful vaccine to smallpox. -
First successful surgery performed with anesthetic
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Louis Pasteur
He developed the first vaccine for rabies. -
Discovery of Xray beams
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Asprin was invented/given to the public
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Period: to
Modern world
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Karl Landsteiner
he discovered that humans had different blood types. -
First case of Alzheimer's disease
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vitamins were discovered
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Insulin was discovered
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First successful yellow fever vaccine developed
