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Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells
he dropped blood samples in a pond and observed them through a microscope. -
Edward Jenner discovers how to vaccinate smallpox.
First vaccination process discovered for any disease. -
René Laënnec invents the stethoscope.
Physicians can now listen to a person's heartbeat. -
William T.G. Morgan invents anesthesia, and it becomes widely available.
Anesthesia made some surgeries more avaliable. Ex. Removing tumors in cancer patients -
Elizabeth Blackwell is the first woman to gain a medical degree from Geneva Medical College in New York
Later opened a medical college for women in 1867 -
Louis Pasteur identifies germs as a cause of diseases.
He also developed vaccines against rabies and anthrax. -
Frederick G. Banting Insulin is created to help treat diabetes.
Frederick Banting and John Macleod were awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 1923. -
First Blood Bank is opened.
Dr. Bernard Fantus opened in Cook county hospital in Chicago. -
Chickenpox vaccine is allowed for use in United States.
Formally called the Varicella Vaccine, it was first created in Japan by Michiaki Takahashi -
Break through in cancer therapies through The Cancer Genome Atlas
Cancer Genome Atlas helps prevent and treat patients' cancer by specification of their DNA.
