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500
Arteries and Veins
the difference between arteries and veins was discovered -
Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299
Middle Ages
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Sep 28, 900
Rhazes
Persian doctor who discovered difference between measles and small pox -
Sep 11, 1000
Surgery
Surgery was starting to be considered a perfession -
Sep 11, 1084
1st documented hospital
the first hospital was built for sick people and to practice and study medicine -
Sep 11, 1249
Discovers Glasses
Roger Bacon discovered glasses -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
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Sep 11, 1300
Human Corpse
First dissection of the human body -
Sep 11, 1500
Leonardo Da Vinci
Discovered the human anatomy -
William Harvey
Described circulation of blood pumping to the heart -
Microscopes were invented
Robert Hooke built the first reflective microscope -
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
discovered red blood cells -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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James Lind
Discovers that fruits with citrus prevent scurvy -
Stethoscope
A stethoscope was invented to listen to the inside of a human's, or animal's body -
Elizabeth Blackwell
She was the 1st woman to receive a medical degree -
Anthrax
The first vaccine for anthrax was made -
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
He discovered the x-ray -
Period: to
Modern World
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Polio
Polio epidemics broke out in NY -
Cancer
Cancer becomes one of the top 3 causes for death -
1st Open Heart Surgery
Surgeons perform first successful open heart surgery using heart-lung machine -
Test-Tube Baby
The 1st test-tube baby is born in the U.K. -
Embryonic Stem Cells
Scientist discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells
