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400
Hospital In Latin Christendom
The first hospital in Latin Christendom was founded by Fabiola at Rome -
500
Rhazes
Persian Doctor who discovered the difference measles and small pox. -
Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299
Middle Ages
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547
Beginning of Monastic Medicine
Benedict of Nursia founder of "monastic medicine" -
Sep 12, 1020
1st eye surgery
Ammar ibn `Ali al-Mawsili performed the first successful eye surgery -
Sep 8, 1299
Doctor healing a sick person.
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Sep 8, 1299
Doctor trying treat a patient with religion and prayer
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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
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Sep 8, 1347
Black Death Outbreak
Black death, or Bubonic Plague. In 1347, an outbreak of bubonic plague broke out in Istanbul in what is modern day turkey -
Microscope
Dutch lens grinder Zacharius Jannssen invents the microscope -
An example of what a medical student would study.
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Men performing a surgery.
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Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Stethoscope
René Laënnec invents the stethoscope -
Anthrax
First vaccine for anthrax -
Rabies
First vaccine for rabies -
Tetanus and Diphtheria Vaccines
Emil von Behring discovers antitoxins and uses them to develop tetanus and diphtheria vaccines. -
X Rays discovery
German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovers X rays. -
Men watching a surgery.
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Surgeons performing
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Period: to
Modern World
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Insulin
Insulin first used to treat diabetes. -
Pacemaker
Paul Zoll develops the first cardiac pacemaker to control irregular heartbeat. -
Polio
Jonas Salk develops the first polio. -
Cloning
Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell (dies in 2003). -
Embryonic Stem Cells
Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells. -
A CT Brain Scanner
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An example of how antibiotics and medicines are easier to come by now.
