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Period: 350 to 500
Egyptians
3500-500 BCE
Earliest accurate records of healthcare. -
400
The first hospital in Latin Christendom was founded by Fabiola at Rome[10]
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536
Sergius of Reshaina
A Christian theologian-physician who translated thirty-two of Galen’s works into Syriac and wrote medical treatises of his own -
Ben Franklin
Invented bifocals -
Edward Jenner
Developed a vaccine for smallpox. -
William Roentgen
Discovered x-rays -
Marie Curie
Isolated radium. -
Aulus Cornelius Celsus
Medical Encyclopedia -
Period: to
Pedanius Dioscorides writes De Materia Medica
A precursor of modern pharmacopoeias that was in use for almost 1600 years -
Louise Brown
First test tube baby. -
Period: to 547
Benedict of Nursia
Founder of monastic medicine.