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Period: 400 to Jan 1, 1400
Middle / Drak Ages
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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
The Renaissance
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Invention of Microscope
Anton Von Leevwenhoek invented the microscope. -
Circulation of Blood
William Harvey discovers cirulation of blood. -
Bifocals
Benjamine Franklin invented the first pair of bifocals. -
U,S. Declares Independince
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Small Pox Vaccine
Edward Jenner disconvers small pox vaccine. -
Stethoscope
Rene Laennec invented the first stethoscope. -
First women doctor
Elizabeth Blackwell became the first qualified women doctor in the U.S. -
First nursing school
Florence Nightingale started the first nursing school -
Period: to
Civil War
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Antiseptics used
Joseph Lister started using antiseptics during surgery -
American Red Cross
Clara Barton established the American Red Cross -
Cocaine
Carl Koller uses cocaine as a local anesthetic -
Rabies Vaccine
Louis Pasture finds the rabies vaccine -
X-ray
Wilhelm Roentgen discovers the x-ray -
Psychoanalytic Society
Alfred Adler and Sigmund Froid eastablished the first psychoanalytic society -
Artificial Kidney
John Able develops the first artificail kidney -
Period: to
World War I
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Penicillin
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin -
Period: to
World War II
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Measles vaccine
Measles vaccine is first developed -
First Heart Tansplant
Christan Barnard performed the first heart transplant -
Heart transplant
Christiaan Barnard performs the fisrt successful heart transplant -
Test Tube baby
The first extrauterine "test tube" baby is conceived -
Toxic shock syndrome
Toxic shock syndrome is linked to tampon use -
AIDS
First two cases of AIDS -
Breast Cancer
Breast cancer gene is discovered
