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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
The Renaissance
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Dutch lens grinder Zacharius Jannssen
Invents the microscope -
Antonie P. Leewenhoak
Discovered germs -
Edward Jenner
Developed a vaccine for smallpox -
Elizabeth Blackwell
Became the first woman to qualify as a doctor in the U.S. -
Period: to
Civil War
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Gregor Mendel
Discovered genetics -
Clara Barton
Founded the American Red Cross -
First vaccine for rabies
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Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays
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Period: to
Most Rapid Developments in Health Care
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Marie Curie
Isolated radium -
Period: to
World War I
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Influenza epidemic
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Edward Mellanby
Discovers vitamin D and its importance. -
Sir Alexander Fleming
Discovered penicillin -
Period: to
World War II
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First vaccine for influenza
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Jonas Salk
Developed the polio vaccine -
Christian Barnard
Performed the world's first heart transplant surgery -
Louise Joy Brow
First test tube baby -
AIDS
Aids was identified -
Heart Implant
Dr. William DeVries implants the Jarvik-7 artificial heart into patient Barney Clark. Clark lives 112 days -
Dolly the Sheep
The first mammal clonned from an adult cell but dies in 2003
1996
