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500
Alcmaeon of Croton (Philosopher)
Distinguished veins from arteries. -
Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299
The Middle Ages
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Sep 6, 900
Rhazes
Persian doctor who discovered the difference between measles and small pox. -
May 4, 1010
The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine
These two books are written by Avicenna -
Feb 11, 1249
Invents Spectacles
Roger Bacon invents spectacles to help people who can't see. -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
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Dec 4, 1300
Islamic Hospitals
Founded to treat the ill back to health. -
Jul 7, 1489
Leonardo da Vinci
Dissects a body. -
Sep 8, 1543
Vesalius
Published finding on human anatomy in De Fabrica Corporis Humani. -
Microscope
Invented by Zacharius Jannessen -
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Blood cells are discovered by him. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Giacomo Pylarini
Gives first smallpox inoculation. -
Period: to
Modern World