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460
4 humors and who theorized them
Hippocrates is credited to be the one who popularized the 4 humors. these humors are blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm -
Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300
Middle Ages
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659
dental amalgams
first use of a substance for tooth fillings -
754
pharmacies
The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad in the year 754.
By the 12th century they could be found in Europe. Source: http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/top-10-medical-advances-from-the-middle-ages/ -
1100
Who figured out vision
The 11th century scientist Ibn al-Haytham, came up with a new explanation for vision
source: http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/top-10-medical-advances-from-the-middle-ages/ -
1110
against religion
"Some monks, such as the Benedictines, cared for the sick and devoted their lives to that. Others felt that medicine was not in keeping with faith." people thought medicines and medical things were against their religious practices. -
1300
disinfecting wounds
Theodoric Borgognoni came up with an antiseptic method, where wounds were to be cleaned and then sutured to promote healing.
he'd even soak bandages in wine. -
1300
concave lenses
concave lenses are used to treat myopia this was developed in Italy. -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
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1320
eyeglasses
We are not sure who invented eyeglasses to help correct vision, but by the end of 13th-century it seems that the product was well known in Italy.
Source: http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/top-10-medical-advances-from-the-middle-ages/ -
1502
Antonio Benivieni
Antonio Benivieni was a physician who started the use of the autopsy. when you look at a dead body and fine out how they died or why they died -
1546
germs
Girolamo Fracastoro proposes that epidemic diseases are caused by transferable seed like entities. this was one of the first discoveries of germs -
1553
bloodletting
when diagnosing anyone they would use the 4 humors. the most common symptom was to much blood. doctors stared using leeches to suck out blood from patients bodies. this in almost all cases was harmful for the patient. -
smallpox cure (Europe)
Giacomo Pylarini gives the first smallpox inoculations in Europe. They were widely practiced in the East before then. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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James Lind
James Lind discovers that citrus fruits prevent scurvy -
vaccine for smallpox
Edward Jenner develops a smallpox vaccination method -
nitrous oxide
Humphry Davy discovers the anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide -
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur developed an anthrax vaccine. Louis Pasteur developed a rabies vaccine. -
discovering x-ray use
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovers medical use of X-rays in medical imaging -
Period: to
Modern World
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blood type
Karl Landsteiner discovers the existence of different human blood types -
multiple vaccines
1923 – First vaccine for diphtheria
1926 – First vaccine for pertussis
1927 – First vaccine for tuberculosis
1927 – First vaccine for tetanus -
Penicillin
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin- basically a vaccine -
reassignment surgery
first successful sex reassignment surgery performed on lili Elbe in Dresden, Germany. -
Paul Winchell
Paul Winchell was a famous ventriloquist. He was also famous for being one of the first people to have an artificial heart that let him live his life a bit more normally. -
Period: to
21st Century
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John B Gurdon
Gurdon researched in cloning and nuclear transplantation. In 2009 Gurdon received a Lasker Award, and in 2012 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering that mature cells can be converted into stem cells. -
3D skull
A 3D printer is used for first ever skull transplant. -
artificial pancreas
The first ever artificial pancreas was created -
heart made of cells
3D-print heart from human patient's cells.
