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Dec 31, 1538
anatomy
if Andreas Vesalius in 1538 didn’t
create the modern anatomy, we wouldn’t have the knowledge about the human body we have today -
blood circulation
If william harvey hadn’t discovered the Blood Circulation (1628), We would not Have the physiological reason to identify the blood from the veins and arteries -
vaccination
if Edward Jenner, an English country doctor, did not perform the first vaccination against smallpox after discovering that inoculation with cowpox provides immunity. you would be dead because of some viruses -
microbes
if French chemist Louis Pasteur in 1800’s had not noticed That Certain finds microbes are disease-causing agents. we wouldn’t know that diseases are caused by bacteria -
anesthesia
if Crawford Williamson Long in 1842 had not practiced the first surgery without pain by the use of ether, we would not many surgeries by the terrible pain that we felt -
x-rays
if Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen had not discovered X-rays in 1895, we would not be able to practice dentistry, orthopedics, surgery, and we could not diagnose pathologies -
vitamins
If in the 1900s did not discover the effect of vitamins in the disease like beriberi, would have to see the pain in some unexplained illness -
blood groups
if karl Landsteiner in 1902 had not discovered the blood groups, we wouldn't know today the incompatibilities between the different blood types and what happens to the blood when blood is not the right group -
penicilin
if Alexander Fleming had not discovered the penicillin, producing the first antibiotic in 1920 1930. we would dead for infections -
insulin
if Banting and MacLeod had not discovered insulin in the 1920's, we would have more deaths from insulin dependent diabetes
