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Period: 500 to 1300
Middle Ages
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542
Hospital
A hospital is founded in France. -
700
Hospital In Middle Ages
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754
Pharmacies
The first medical Pharmacy opened in Baghdad. This aided in the discovery and knowledge of drugs and how they could be made. -
900
Rhazes
Discovered the difference between measles and smallpox. -
1000
Bloodletting
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1231
Fredrick II
Developed a set of laws for medical education. -
1249
Spectacles
Helped people to see better. -
Period: 1301 to
Renaissance
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1489
Leonardo Da Vinci
Starts to dissect dead bodies. -
1500
Dissecting A Body
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1543
Vesalius
Published findings about Human Anatomy so others could learn. -
Marcello Malpighi
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An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals
This book was published, forming the basis of future research on blood vessels, arteries, and the heart. -
Marcello Malpighi
Discovers capillaries -
Reflective Microscope
It allowed study of microorganism like bacteria. -
Smallpox Inoculations
Created and given to the public. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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James Lind
Discovers citrus fruits prevent scurvy. -
Claudius Aymand
Performs the first successful appendectomy. -
Vaccines
The first vaccine hits the market. Is used to prevent smallpox. -
Vaccine
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Louis Pasteur
Discovers germs as the cause of disease. -
Louis Pasteur
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Period: to
Modern World
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Band-Aid
Band-Aid was invented. -
Band-Aid
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Diphtheria
Vaccine invented for Diphtheria -
Sir Alexander Fleming
Discovers Penicillin -
Penicillin
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Baby Born
First Test-Tube baby is born. -
HIV
Is identified as a virus -
Period: to
21st Century
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Transplant
The first face transplant takes place -
Face Transplant
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Cancer
First vaccine to target a cause of cancer -
Transplant
The first leg transplant takes place -
Transplant
The first womb transplant takes place. -
Nora Volkow
Shows that addiction is a disease and not a moral failure -
Nora
