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One of the most important contributions to medicine from medieval China was amalgams for dental procedures and the first use of a substance for tooth fillings.
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The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad
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Roger of Sicily forbade anyone from practicing medicine without a license, indicating that doctors were clearly under some form of regulation.
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invents spectacles (glasses)
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helped lay the foundations for modern forensic pathology and surgery.
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He was the first doctor to have suggested that human diseases may be caused by pathogens.
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an English doctor, was the first person to properly describe the systemic circulation and properties of blood, and how the heart pumps it around the body.
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the Black Death killed 20 percent of the population of London.
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discovers X rays
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introduces the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups
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discovers penicillin and penicillin is an antibiotic that fights infections caused by bacteria
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invented the first cardiac pacemaker
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A mini-liver the size of a small coin is generated from human cord blood stem cells by doctors at Newcastle University, U.K.
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Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells.
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DNA from an extinct woolly mammoth is spliced into that of an elephant. Scientists then successfully use the revived DNA to sequence the mammoth's complete genome.
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is the first man to receive a penis transplant
