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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope. -
William Harvey
William Harvey described the circulation of blood and the pumping of the heart. -
Bejamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin created the first pair of bifocal glasses. -
Smallpox vaccine
Edward Jenner developed a vaccine for smallpox. -
Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner created the vaccination for smallpox while trying to find the vaccination for cowpox. -
Rene Laennec
Rene Leaennec invented the stethoscope. -
Anesthetic
The first practical anesthetic,ether, was introduced. -
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Robert Koch
He was the "Father of Microbiology" and discovered anthrax, tuberculosis, and cholera. -
Elizaboeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to qualify as a doctor in the U.S. Inspired Florence Nightingale. -
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Sigmund Freud
Sigmunch Freud was the Father of Psychology. -
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale started the first nursing school during the Crimean War and is the "Mother of Nursing". -
Joseph Lister
Joseph Lister was the first doctor to use antiseptic during surgery to prevent inection. -
Germ Theory
The germ theory was first introduced. -
Clara Barton
Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross and she was called the "Angel of the Battlefield". -
Louis Pasteur
Lois Pasteur invendted the rabies vaccine and discovered pasteurization. He also worked with Robert Koch. -
Discovered X-rays
Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-rays. -
Isolated Radium
Marie Curi isolated radium in 1910 but then died from radiation. -
Penicillin
Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. -
Polio Vaccine
Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine. -
Albert Sabin
Albert Sabin crated the oral polio vaccine. -
AIDS
First known case of AIDS. -
Birth Control Pill
The first birth control pill was introduced. -
Dorthea Dix
Dorthea Dix became the Superintendent of Female Nurses of the Army. -
Christian Barnard
Christian Barnard performed the world's first heart transplant. -
Louise Brown
Louise Brown was born on July 25th, 1975 in Great Britan and she was the first test tube baby to be born. -
AIDS is Named
AIDS got its name but it was kept quiet. -
AIDS Announcement
Ronald Reagan annouced to the U.S.A. that the AIDS virus existed. -
Clone Sheep
Scientists cloned the first sheep.
