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500
Middle Ages
Concept of the Hospital: They started to introduce the concept of a hospital in the Roman Empire. It was a place where patients could be treated by doctors with access to specialized equipment. -
754
Middle Ages
First Pharmacy: They compounded medications as prescribed and ordered by the physician. -
1200
Middle Ages
Scientist Ibn Al-Haytham: He came up with an explanation for vision which would be considered the most important research in the field for the next 100 years. -
1231
Middle Ages
Fredrick II: He promulgated a set of laws concerning medical education standards and licensure. -
1290
Middle Ages
Eyeglasses: Eyeglasses became popular in Italy because they discovered they made for good vision. -
1310
Renaissance
Surgeon Theodoric Borgognoni: He came up with an antiseptic method of cleaning wounds. -
1315
Renaissance
Mondino De Luzzi: This physician conducted the first public dissection for his students and spectators. -
1480
Renaissance
Cadavers: The first cadavers were dissected, detailed drawings were made to show everything from muscle structure to the heart. -
1500
Renaissance
Cesarean Sections: The first written record of having both a mother and baby survive a cesarean section. -
1510
Renaissance
Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bonbast Von Hophenheim: He discovered that drinking mercury was a cure for deadly diseases. -
Industrial Revolution
Edward Jenner: He developed a way to protect people from smallpox by exposing them to the cowpox virus. -
Industrial Revolution
James Blundell: He performed the first successful transfusion of human blood. -
Industrial Revolution
Anesthetic: First nitrous oxide anesthetic is used for surgery -
Industrial Revolution
Vaccines: First vaccines for chlorea, anthrax, and rabies are performed. -
Industrial Revolution
German Physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen: He discovers x-rays -
Modern World
Edward Mallenby: He discovers vitamin D and shows that its absence causes rickets. -
Modern World
Vaccine: First vaccine for tuberculosis -
Modern World
Bacteriologist Sir Alexander: He discovered Penicillin. -
Modern World
Bernard Fantus: He started the first blood bank -
Modern World
Paul Zoll: He created the first pacemaker to control irregular heartbeat -
Modern World
World Health Organization: They announce smallpox is eradicated. -
Modern World
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS is identified. -
21st Century
Mini Liver: The size of a small coin, the first mini liver is generated from human cord blood cells. -
21st Century
Mini Liver: The first mini liver is generated from human cord blood cells -
21st Century
Skin Cells: They discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic skin cells. -
21st Century
Skin Cells: They discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells. -
21st Century
Researchers from Cornell University 3D printed an outer ear that worked like and resembled a real ear. -
21st Century
Second Sight: This company received approval from the US Government to start marketing a bionic eye. -
21st Century
FDA: They approve the first human clinical trials in the United States for a wearable artificial kidney.
