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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
Middle Ages
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510
Roman medicine is a new discovery
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Aug 31, 900
Small pox and Measles
The difference between small pox and measles was discovered. -
Aug 31, 1300
Islamic hospitals
Healthcare was discovered for the sick. -
Aug 31, 1300
Persian medicine had just been discovered
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Aug 31, 1400
Medicine practice
French women Jocaba Felcie tries to practice medicine but it is denied. -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Renaissance
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Use of scientific method begins
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Robert Hooke
Creates a reflective microscope. -
Antorie Van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria
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Francis Bacon
Uses microscope to discover plague fleas. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Edward Jenner
Discovers the first vaccination. -
Joseph Lister
Practice of medical asepsis. -
Robert Koch
Discovery of pathogens. -
John Snow
Stops outbreak of cholera. -
Marie Curie discovers radioactivity
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Bubonic Plague hits San Francisco
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Period: to
Modern World
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Discovery
discovered organ transplants, X-rays, radium for cancer treatment, MRI, CAT scans. -
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
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Salk discovers polo vaccine
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Smallpox declared eradicated
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AZT
used to combat AIDS -
Period: to
21st Cenutry
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Steve Thomas
Used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment. -
Gardasil
A vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by the FDA. -
MIPPA
MIPPA provides incentives for practitioners who use electronic health records and e-prescribing. -
FDA
The first FDA approved implanted Abiocor artificial heart placed in a patient on June 24, the patient died on August 23. -
Scientists discover...
How to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells.
