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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300
Middle Ages
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754
Pharmacy
First pharmacy was established in Baghdad -
800
hospitals
In the Arabic world hospitals emerged -
900
Smallpox
The symptoms of smallpox were recorded by Rhazes -
1300
Public Dissection
Italian physician Mondino de Luzzi conducted a public dissection for his students and spectators. -
1300
Black Death
The Black Death held a massive mortality rate between 20 and 40% -
1301
Diagnosis
Methods from the middle ages turned into the Renaissance. -
Period: Jan 1, 1301 to
Renaissance
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1400
No Immunity
Native Americans had no immunity against diseases. -
1541
Deadly Disease Cure
Phillippus Hohenheim discovered drinking Mercury was a cure for deadly diseases -
Obdstetrical Forceps
Peter Chamberlen invented a tool to free baby's from the womb during a difficult birth without hurting or killing the baby or mother -
Smallpox vaccine
Edward Jenner created the smallpox vaccine. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Stethoscope
The first stethoscope was invented by Rene Laennec -
Cholera
Cholera struck England killing about 30,000 people -
Link between germs
Pasteur was able to provethat there was a link between germs, decay, and diseases, -
Typhoid
Disease that inflames the intestines -
X-Rays
Wilhelm Conrad discovered X-Rays -
Period: to
Modern World
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Classification System
Karl Landsteinger introduced the A, B, AB, and 0 blood types -
Modern Nursing
Florence Nightingale was the founder of modern nursing -
Insulin
Insulin is the first used to treat diabetes -
Human Heart transplant
First human heart transplant is performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard -
Test Tube
First test tube baby is born -
Human Genome
Human Genome draft is completed -
Period: to
21st Century
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Food Pyramid
New form of the p\food pyramid is created -
Artificial DNA
Japanese scientist creates a form of artificial DNA -
Synthetic Cell
J. Craig Venter makes the first Synthetic Cell -
Surgery done by robot
First full surgery done entirely by robots is performed in Canada
