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Period: 500 to
History of Medicine
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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
Middle Ages
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Jan 1, 1300
Islam
Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
The Renaissance
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Microscope
Dutch lens grinder Zacharius Jannssen invents the microscope -
Refinement of the Microscope
Anton van Leeuwenhoek refines the microscope and fashions nearly 500 models. Discovers blood cells and observes animal and plant tissues and microorganisms -
Smallpox
Edward Jenner develops a method to protect people from smallpox by exposing them to the cowpox virus.enner is sometimes called the founding father of immunology. -
Period: to
The Industrial Revolution
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Stethoscope
René Laënnec invents the stethoscope -
Anesthetic
Dr. Horace Wells, American dentist, uses nitrous oxide as an anesthetic -
Vaccines
Emil von Behring discovers antitoxins and uses them to develop tetanus and diphtheria vaccines. -
X-rays
German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovers X rays. -
Period: to
Modern Times
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Vitamin D
Edward Mellanby discovers vitamin D and shows that its absence causes rickets. -
Pacemaker
Paul Zoll develops the first cardiac pacemaker to control irregular heartbeat. -
Test tube
First test-tube baby is born in the U.K. -
Artificial Heart
Dr. William DeVries implants the Jarvik-7 artificial heart into patient Barney Clark. Clark lives 112 days -
Stem Cells
Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells. -
Artificial Kidney
The FDA approves the first human clinical trials in the United States for a wearable artificial kidney designed by Blood Purification Technologies Inc. out of Beverly Hills, Californa -
Rhazes
Disocovery of the difference between smallpox and measles
