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Period: 500 to
Medical History
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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
Middle Ages
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Sep 8, 1030
The Cannon of Medicine is written and summarizes the medical traits of Greek, Indian, and Muslum doctors up until that time.
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Sep 8, 1300
Pain becomes an important aspect to diagnosing diseases and conditions.
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Sep 3, 1347
The Black Death wiped out nearly half the population of the time
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Sep 8, 1452
Leonardo Da Vinci studied the human body and understood that a lot of information would be gained from observasation.
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Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Renaissance
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Sep 8, 1543
Andreas Vesalius provided the first largely accurate description of the human body.
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The microscope was invented.
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The use of the scientific method begins.
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria.
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Francis Bacon uses a mircroscope to discover plague fleas.
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Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Edward Jenner discovered the first vaccination.
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Robert Koch discovered pathogens.
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Ignaz Semmelweis shows the importance of hand washing.
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John Snow stops the outbreak of cholera.
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Bubonic plague hits San Francisco.
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Period: to
Modern World
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Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.
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Salk discovers polio vaccine.
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AZT is uses to combat AIDS.
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Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment.
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Gardasil is approved by the FDA.
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Rhazes discovered difference between smallbox and measles
