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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
Middle Ages
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754
The Creation of Pharmacies
The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad in the year of 754. Pharmacies proved to be popular and soon other drugs stores opened. Link - http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/top-10-medical-advances-from-the-middle-ages/ -
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1249
Roger Bacon invents spectacles
Philosopher Roger Bacon created Spectacles, or known today as glasses. Link text -
1287
The Man Who Created General Anesthesia
Arnaldus de Villa Nova was a famous Spanish doctor who was thought to be an alchemists, astrologer, and a physician. He created general anesthesia. -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Renaissance Period
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1543
Vesalius Wrote a Book
Vesalius wrote the De humani corporis fabrica, in the year 1543.This was the first major book in Anatomy -
The Microscope
The microscope was invented in 1590, by Hans Lippershey. This unlocked a whole new world for scientist and doctors. -
Ambroise Pare
Ambroise Pare was an army surgeon who created the technique of tying arteries. -
Blood Transfusions
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Discovery of Blood Cells
1670 Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells -
First Vaccine
1796 Edward Jenner develops the process of vaccination for smallpox, the first vaccines for any disease -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Stethoscope
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Anesthetic Properties of Nitrous Oxide
1846 William Morton, a dentist, is the first to publish the process of using anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide -
Elizabeth Blackwell
1849 Elizabeth Blackwell is the first woman to gain a medical degree from Geneva Medical College in New York -
Joseph Lister
1867 Joseph Lister develops the use of antiseptic surgical methods and publishes Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery -
Introduction of Blood Types
1901 Karl Landsteiner introduces the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups -
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Modern World
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A Treatment for Diabetes
1922 Insulin first used to treat diabetes -
Percy Lavon Julian
Percy Lavon Julian a doctor who synthesized the medicines physostigmine for glaucoma and cortisone for rheumatoid arthritis -
Doctor Karl Theodore Dussik
1942 Doctor Karl Theodore Dussik publishes the first paper on medical ultrasonic - ultrasound -
Cardiac Pacemaker
1950 John Hopps invented the first cardiac pacemaker -
Period: to
21st Century
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Artificial Heart
In 2001 a group of surgeon implanted an artificial heart into a patient who suffered from heart failure. -
Human Genome Project
In 2003 scientist and doctors mapped out all the genes of a humans DNA -
Dr. Barry Marshall
In 2005, the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Marshall for his discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease. -
Vaccine for Cancer
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Dr. Benjamin S. Carson
Dr. Ben Carson is a very successful pediatric neurosurgeon. Some of his medical accomplishments are successfully separating a set of Siamese twins and preforming the first intra-uterine procedure to relieve pressure on the brain of a hydrocephalic fetal twin.
