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Jan 1, 1200
First Strict Rules on Public Hygiene
First strict rules were given to the public about their hygiene was instituted -
Jan 1, 1300
First Dissection of Human Copse was Proformed
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Jan 1, 1500
First Scientific study of human anatomy
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Blood circulation described
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Bacteria Discovered
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Declared Independence
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Vaccine for Smallpox
Edward Jenner founded the vaccine from smallpox, since then smallpox has eradicded from the world. -
George Washington bled to death
His surgeon or his "physician" had a craft involving the hand and not the head. -
First practical anesthetic introduced
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Fedral controls drug supply
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First Woman Doctor
Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to qualify as a doctor in the U.S -
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Civil War
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Germ theory introduced
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Founded American Red Cross
Clara Barton founded the red cross to take care of wounded soliders in the war. -
Rabies vaccine discovered
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Discovered X-rays
By Wilhelm Roentgen. It allowed doctors to see inside the body to discover what was wrong with a patient. -
Major Blood types identified
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Started Pure food and Drug Act
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Isolated Radium
Marie Curie -
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WW1
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Discovered Penicillin
Sir Alexander Fleming -
Fedral Food Drug and Cosmetic Act Expanded
To fight problems such as an upsurge of cheap and easy to get medical devices. -
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WW2
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Vaccine for Polio
Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for the polio virus. -
Birth control pill introduced
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Performed worlds first heart transplant surgery
Christian Barnard -
First Test Tube Baby
Louise Brown was a scientific fertilization that successfully happened. -
AIDS is Identified
AIDS is identified and told to the public -
Scientist clone sheep
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Introduction to Asprin
In ten years of being in the market it ranked among the 10 items most prescribed by American physicians.