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The first school of medicine was established in Salerno, Italy during the 1000s
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The first strict measures for control of public hygiene was instituded during the 1200s
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During the 1300s the first dissections of human corpses were demonstrated.
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During the 1400s, the first regulations of midwives were recorded.
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The first Printing Press was invented, this made it possible for people to actually record and write down events throughout history.
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Barber-suregeons had their own books on abdominal injuries, anal fistulae, bladder stones, and cataracts, and their treatments involved primarly cauterzing and bloodletting, a means of ridding the body of poisons by opening a vein. Laws against dissecting human corpses also began to relax during the Renaissance.
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The first scientific study of human anatomy was published during the 1500s.
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During the ancient times, the Chinese created an alternative medicine; acupuncture. This form of alternative medicine is over 5000 years old.
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A Dutch spectacle maker created the microscope in 1590, this would help the health field by being able to see bacteria, and viruses along with other microscopic things.
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During the 1600s blood circulation was first described, and bacteria was discovered.
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First law requiring licensed medical practitioners and obstetrics established as aseparate branch of medicine all occured during the 1700s.
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Benjamin Frankling flies a kite and invents the lightning rod.
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Benjamin Franklin invented the bifocals in the 18th century.
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The first life insurance policy was issued in the United States.
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America was "founded" or declared independent from Britain.
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Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin. Argueably this invention led to the civil war because of the argument over cotton.
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The first ambulance was used.
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Francois Appert invents the first food preserving jar.
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Edward Jenner developed the vaccine for smallpox.
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Alessandro Volta invents the battery.
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Federal controls over drug supply didn't begin until 1848, when congress required the U.S. customs Service to stop entry of adulterated drugs from overseas. For the first time medicine was truly capable of curing an infectious disease that threatened the children of every home in the nation.
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The first practical anesthetic was introduced.
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Louis Pasteur began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria.
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The beginning of the Civil War.
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Gregor Mendel established the patterns of heredity, by using the pea plant.
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Alexandar Graham Bell was credited with the invention of the telephone, which made communication more simple and fast than the telegraph.
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The germ theory was introduced. The germ theory is a proposal that microorganisms are the cause of many diseases. This proposal came from Louis Pasteur a French microbiologist.
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Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.
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The rabies vaccination was discovered. And rabies is a deadly viral infection that is mostly spread through infected animals.
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William Roentgen discovered x-rays.
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During the 1900s the four major blood types were discovered: O, A, B, and AB.
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Marie curie isolated radium, she then later died of radiology.
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The first antibiotic drug, penicillin was discovered
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Sir Alexandar Flemming discovered penicillin in 1928
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The first successful polio vaccine was discovered.
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The polio vaccine was developed by Jonas Salk
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Birth control pill was introduced
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The first successful heart transplant occured in 1967.
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The first test-tube baby was born in 1978
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AIDS was first recognized by the Centeres for Disease Control and Prevention (however the first AIDS-like cases were recorded more than a century earlier.)
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A huge poison gas leak occured in Bhopal, India. Considered one of the worst industrial accidents in history, left thousands dead from poison.
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In 850 A.D. during the Tang Dynasty the Chinese had finally successfully invented gunpowder.
