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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1399
middle ages
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Sep 9, 600
Sushruta
created the Sushruta Samhita and is probably the first surgeon to perform plastic surgery -
Sep 9, 659
First Dental Amalgams
in china, there was a text from the year 659 that details the first use of a substance tooth filling, which was made up of silver and tin. The concept wasnt adapted into Europe until the 16 century -
Sep 9, 754
First Pharmacies
The first pharmacies were created in Baghdad in the year 754 -
Sep 6, 900
Rhazes
discovered the difference between missiles and smallpox -
Sep 9, 1256
Arnaldus de Villa Nova
discoverd carbon monoxide and general anaesthesia -
Period: Sep 8, 1346 to Sep 9, 1353
The Black Death
one of the most devastating pandemics of the middle ages resulting in the estimated death of 75 to 200 million people -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
renaissance
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Period: Sep 8, 1493 to Sep 24, 1541
Paracelsus
credited as the founder of toxicology -
Sep 9, 1500
First Successful C-section
a Swiss doctor named Jacob Nufer preformed the operation on his wife after she had been in labor for several days. The operation was a success as both mother and baby lived. -
Period: Sep 29, 1511 to Oct 27, 1553
Michael Servetus
He was the first European to correctly describe the function of pulmonary circulation -
Sep 8, 1543
De Humani Corporis Fabrica
a set of books on human anatomy written and published by Andreas Vesalius in 1543 -
Period: to
The Great Plague Of London
the last major plague to occur in England. According to the Bills of Mortality there were in total 68,596 deaths. -
Period: to
industrial revolution
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antonie van leeuwenhoek discovers protozoa
antonie van leeuwenhoek discovers a single celled organism called protozoa -
yellow fever epidemic of 1793
The vast majority of people infected with yellow fever died making this one of the most devastating epidemics in the united state -
The discovery of anesthesia
in 1799 Humphrey Davy discovered the anesthetic properties of nitrous dioxide also known as laughing gas -
Period: to
Cholera Pandemic
also known as the Asiatic Cholera Pandemic was a Cholera pandemic that reached from Asia to Europe, killing more than 500,000 people in a span of about 20 years -
Robert Koch
Robert Koch is German physician who discovered
TB in the 1800 -
Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell was a British born physician who is know for being the first woman to receive a medical degree in the united states. -
Period: to
modern world
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Alexander Fleming
Discovered penicillin in 1928 -
Dr. Luc Montagnie discovers HIV
in 1984 Dr. Luc Montagnie discovers the immunodeficiency virus HIV. He later wins a noble peace prize in 2008 for this discovery -
first facial transplant
the first partial face transplant was done in Amiens, France in 2005 -
Period: to
The Swine Flu Pandemic of 2009
The swine flu pandemic was started by a novice strain of influenza in 2009 that spread across the United States. This devastating pandemic may have killed up to 203,000 people world wide. -
2013 Ebola virus
The most widespread epidemic of Ebola virus disease in history began in 2013 and continued for over two years. 11,315 people in total died in this devastating outbreak
