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200
tracheotomy
procedure which consists of making an incision on the anterior aspect of the neck and opening a direct airway through an incision in the trachea. -
500
Alcmaeon of Croton
Alcmaeon of Croton distinguished veins from arteries -
Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300
Middle Ages
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754
Pharmacies
The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad -
1010
book of healing
Avicenna writesThe Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine -
1249
spectacles
Roger Bacon invents spectacles -
Period: Jan 1, 1301 to
Renaissance
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1340
The black Death
People thought that prayers were the only way to stop this thing. No one had any idea that it was being carried by flea infested rats. -
1489
De Vinci's Artwork
Thanks to De Vinci's artwork the understanding of human anotmy is so great now. Some people belive this is one of the greatest medical discorvyer to come from the Renaissance -
1543
Andreas Vesalius
He wrote a book known as “De Humaini Corporis Fabrica”. This book became a very important book ever written on the human anatomy. He dissected corpses and examined them after which he detailed the human anatomy. -
1545
Ambroise Pare
He introduced the method of tying arteries after amputation to stop loss of blood -
The Microscope
Zacharias Janssen built the first compound microscope, but Antony van Leeuwenhoek created a better years later with 10 times more of the power -
obstetrical forceps
Peter Chamberlen invented the obstetrical forceps, used to free a baby from the womb during a difficult birth without hurting or killing baby or mother. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Vaccine for smallpox's and cowpox's
Edward Jenner was scientist experimenting with cowpox's for years but discovered the cure for smallpox's -
The stethoscope
discovered by seeing children playing with a log.Which gave Doctor Laennee the idea for the stethoscope -
What is Cholera
It was one of the most feared infections disease -
Blood transfusion
was the first blood transfusion, the first two subjects were with two dogs. Richard Lower almost drained a dogs body of all its blood and revived it with another dogs blood -
The X-Ray
Wilhelm Conrad was the first to discover the x-ray -
Period: to
Modern World
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electrocardiograph
Paul Dudley White introduces the electrocardiograph to the United States. -
Antibiotics and Other Antimicrobial Medicines
Penicillin was developed into a widely available medical product that provided quick and complete treatment of previously incurable bacterial illnesses, with a wider range of targets and fewer side effects than sulfa drugs. it wasn't for medical use until the 1940's -
Blood Banks
While treating victims of the Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston, Massachusetts General Hospital physicians demonstrate the efficacy of a new approach to burn treatment and the value of new blood bank and emergency-response plans -
HIV\ AIDS
The first case of HIV was discovered -
Gene therapy
Gene therapy is the modifying of someone’s DNA to treat disease, rather than just treating the symptoms like most drugs on the market -
Adult live donor liver transplant
Surgeons at Beth Israel Deaconess perform the first adult live-donor liver transplant in New England -
. Human Genome Discoveries Reach the Bedside
For the first time the world could read the complete set of human genetic information and begin to discover what our roughly 23,000 genes do. -
Period: to
21st Century
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cancer
The first attempt at a cancer vaccination -
3D printed body parts
This is being used everywhere from improving dentures to improving 3D printed models being used to plan complex neurosurgical procedures, craniofacial reconstruction and spinal surgery. -
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson has developed an Ebola vaccine at its Janssen Pharmaceutica Company -
Zika Virus outbreak
virus transmitted by mosquitoes which typically causes asymptomatic or mild infection
