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Period: Jan 1, 1000 to Dec 31, 1099
Medical School
First School established in Salerno,Italy -
Period: Jan 1, 1200 to Dec 31, 1299
Hygiene
First strict measures for public hygiene instituted. -
Dec 1, 1300
roger bacon
promoted chemical remedies to reat disease -
Jan 1, 1500
Leonardo Da Vinci
Invented the Ball bearing -
Dec 1, 1500
michael servetus
described the circulatory system in the lungs -
Galileo Galilei
Invented the Themometer -
William Harvey
described the circulation of blood to and from the heart -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
invented the microscope -
Thomas Savery
Steam Engine was invented -
Ben Franklin Invention of Bifocals
Invention of the Bifocals -
Edward Jenner
developed a vaccination for smallpox -
Anasthetic Nitrous Oxide Use
Humphry Davy -
Michael Faraday
Invented the Electric Motor -
Jacob Perkins
Invented the Refrigerator -
Louis Braille
Invented Braille -
Charles Thurber
Invented the Typewriter -
Clara Barton
founded the American Red Cross -
Established the Patterns of Heredity
Gregory Mendel -
Louis Pasteur
created a vaccine for rabies -
Wilhelm Roentgen
Discovered Roentgenograms ( X-rays) -
Isolated Radium
Marie Curie -
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt and his Progressive party endorse social insurance as part of their platform, including health insurance. -
Tetanus
First Vaccine for tetanus -
Sir Alexander Fleming
Discovered penicillin -
Yellow Fever
First Vaccine for Yellow Fever -
Acetaminophen
created by Julius Axelrod -
Jonas Salk
Developed the polio vaccine. -
Military
Military "medicare" program enacted, providing government health insurance for dependents of those in the Armed Forces. -
Theodore Harold Maiman
Laser was invented -
Hip Replacment
Created by John Charnley -
Medicare
the Medicare and Medicaid programs are signed into law. -
Dr. Christian Barnard
First heart transplant -
China
Gunpowder invented -
Measles
First Vaccine for Measles
