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Discovered difference between measles and smallpox
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Wrote "The Book of Healing" and "The Canon of Medicine"
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Founded to treat victims of "St. Anthony's Fire", which was a skin disease
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Is developed to inoculate children and adults with dried scab material recovered from smallpox sufferers
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Roger Bacon constructed the first magnifying glass used for scientific purposes
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Dissects corpses for medical purposes
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English barbers and surgeons perform these tasks
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Correctly explained for the first time by William Harvey
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Allowed study of microorganisms like bacteria
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Discovered blood cells
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Discovered first vaccination
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Transfused from one person to another for the first time
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It becomes widely available to doctors performing surgeries
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The first successful appendectomy is performed in Iowa
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Invents the x-ray and radiation therapy follows
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Vaccines first licensed in the US
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First used as a treatment for diabetes
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Unraveled the mystery of human DNA
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Invents the brain EEG topography or the toposcope
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The entire Western Hemisphere is certified as "polio-free" by the WHO
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Used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment
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The FDA approves Gleevec which is the first drug to target a specific gene mutation
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The sequence of a complete human genome is published
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A vaccine to prevent cervical cancer is approved by the FDA
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Precise treatments are created from studying cell samples to focus on only the most relevant immune cells
