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Period: 500 to 1300
Middle Ages
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754
First Pharmacy
The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad in the year 754. -
900
Rhazes- Difference Between Smallpox and Measles
Rhazes distinguished smallpox from measles for the first time in medical history. (photo is of measles) -
1249
Roger Bacon invents spectacles
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1265
First Detailed Description of an Anesthetic
A manuscript of about 1265 contains the first detailed description of an anesthetic. Some of the ingredients in this include specific proportions of opium and unripe mulberry. -
1300
Islamic Hospitals
Were providing healthcare for the sick -
Period: 1301 to
Renaissance
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1315
Mondino de Luzzi- Dissection and Anatomy
In the year 1315 the Italian physician Mondino de Luzzi even conducted a public dissection for his students and spectators. The following year he would write Anathomia corporis humani, which is considered the first example of a modern dissection manual and the first true anatomical text. -
Basis for future research on blood vessels, arteries and the heart
William Harvey publishes An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals which forms the basis for future research on blood vessels, arteries and the heart -
Experiments with canine blood transfusions first take place
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Reflective Microscope Invented
Microscopes of this type feature reflecting rather than refracting objectives. They are used to carry out microscopy over a wide range of visible light and especially in the ultraviolet or infrared regions, where conventional optical glasses do not transmit. This was invented by Robert Hooke. -
Blood Cells Discovered
Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Stethoscope invention
Rene Laennec invents the stethoscope -
Louis Pasteur identifies germs as cause of disease
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Elizabeth Blackwell - First Female Doctor in the United Kingdom
Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to have her name entered on the Medical Register of the United Kingdom. -
First contact lenses developed
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First vaccine developed for Bubonic plague
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Period: to
Modern World
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Band-Aid Invented
Earle Dickson Invented the Band-Aid -
First vaccine developed for tuberculosis and for tetanus.
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Penicillin Invented
1928 penicillin, the first true antibiotic, was discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming -
Ibuprofen Discovered
Ibuprofen was discovered by Dr. Stewart Adams and his colleagues in the United Kingdom in the 1950s, patented in 1961, and first made available in 1969. It became available in the United States in 1974. Ibuprofen tablets are sold under the trade names Advil and Motrin. -
Raymond Damadian - MRI
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to form pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes of the body in both health and disease. MRI scanners use strong magnetic fields, magnetic field gradients, and radio waves to generate images of the organs in the body. -
Period: to
21st Century
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Steve Thomas uses sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment
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Gardasil, cervical cancer vaccine, approved by FDA
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10% drop in deaths due to HIV in the US between 2006 and 2007
The drop in death rates from HIV in the developed world (is) due to improved medications. -
Single Incision surgeries
A patient would typically be left with a 10-inch scar when a doctor removed a kidney, but in late 2007 the surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic began removing kidneys through a single incision in the patient's navel. -
First FDA- approved artificial heart implanted in a patient
