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500
Alcmaeon of Croton
Distinguished veins from arteries. -
Period: 500 to 1300
Middle Ages
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659
Dental Amalgams
Creation of amalgams for dental procedures. -
754
Pharmacy
First pharmacy was established. -
900
Rhazes
Discovered difference between measles and smallpox. -
1010
Avicenna
Wrote ¨The Book of Healing¨ and ¨The Canon of Medicine¨. -
Period: 1301 to
Renaissance
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1489
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses. -
1500
Cesarean Section
First written record of a mother and baby surviving a cesarean section. -
Scientific Method
Use of scientific method begins. -
Reflective Microscope
It allowed the study of microorganisms like bacteria. -
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Claudius Aymand
Performs the first successful appendectomy. -
Rene Laennec
Invents the stethoscope. -
Blood Transfusion
First successful transfusion of human blood. -
Germ Theory
The germ theory of disease was established. -
Contact Lenses
First contact lenses developed. -
Period: to
Modern World
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Earle Dickson
Invented the Band-Aid. -
Insulin
Insulin first used to treat diabetes. -
Sir Alexander Fleming
Discovers penicillin. -
Mumps
First vaccine developed for mumps. -
Ali Maow Maalin
He had the last natural case of smallpox. -
Human Genome Project
Draft of Human Genome Project was released. -
Period: to
21st Century
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Jacques Marescaux
Surgical tasks are performed by a robotic system controlled by the surgeon at a remote site. -
Jean-Michel Dubernad
Performs the first face transplant. -
Cancer
First vaccine to target a cause of cancer. -
Bionic Limbs
Development of the first advanced-movement prosthetic leg.
