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Pedanius Discorides writes De Materia Medica.
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The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad
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Discovered the difference between small pox and measles
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Avicenna writes the book of healing and the canon of medicine.
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Roger Bacon invents the spectacles.
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by the end of the 13th century eyeglasses were well known in Italy.
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Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses.
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Vesalius publishes findings on human anatomy in De Fabrica Corporis Humani.
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allowed for publications of medical discoveries.
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Zacharius Jannssen invents the microscope.
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William Harvey publishes an anatomical study of the motion of the heart and of the blood of animals. which then formed the basis of future research on blood vessels, arteries and the heart.
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Giacomo Pylarini gave the first smallpox inoculation.
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James Lind publishes his treatise of the scurvy stating that citrus fruits prevent scurvy.
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Claudius Aymand performs the first successful appedectomy.
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Edward Jenner develops the process of vaccination for smallpox; first vaccine for any disease.
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Sir Humphry Davy discovers the anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide.
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Karl Landsteiner introduces the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups.
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Dr. Paul Dudley white pioneers the use of the electrocardiograph- ECG.
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Edward Mellanby discovered the lack of vitamin d causes rickets.
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Earle Dickson invented the band-aid.
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Insulin first used to treat diabetes.
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the Life Port Organ Transporter uses a mobile machine perfusion to improve transplant outcomes.
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first vaccine to target a cause of cancer.
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scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells.
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the FDA approves the first human clinical trials for a wearable artificial kidney in the United States.
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DNA from a extinct woolly mammoth is spliced into that of an elephant. scientist then revived the mammoths complete gnome.
