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First recorded surgery
The earliest known surgery was proformed around 2750 BC -
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Hippocrates
460 BC, birth of Hippocrates 'Father of Medicine'. He believed that diseases resulted from and imbalance of the four bodily humors (blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile) -
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Galen
considered the most important since Hippocrates. He is known for his advances in anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology -
Cardiovascular System
William Harvey published a book describing the process of the cardiovascular system. (how the heart pumps the blood to all parts of the body and returns to the heart and circulates) -
Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry discovered the anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide, but dentists do not use it for anesthetic another 45 years -
Stethoscope
Rene Laennec invents the stethoscope -
X-Rays
Physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovers x-rays -
Blood Transfusion
The first successful human blood transfusion using ABO typing techniqe -
Pacemaker
Paul Zoll developes the first pacemaker to control irregualr heart beats -
Transplant
The first transplant was preformed by Dr. Joseph E. Murray between two identical twins -
In Virto Fertilization
The first "test-tube baby" was born in the UK -
Artificial Heart
Barney Clark had the first artificial heart transplant done by Dr. William DeVries. Clark died 112 days later -
HIV
HIV was identified -
Dolly
Dolly the sheep was the first animal to be cloned from and adult cell -
Genome
Scientists completed a draft of the human genome. Which means that they can now identify single genes that cause diseases. -
Bionic Limbs
Scientists have made it possible for apputees to live like everyone else. They have created new technology that can sync computer chips from nerves in joints, to Bluetooth devices that coordinate movement. They also have 3-D computer models that customize socket designs,
