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Period: 500 to 1300
Middle Ages
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836
First Medical Encyclopedia in Arabic
It was written by Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari -
900
Rhazes
Rhazes discovered the difference between smallpox and measles -
1123
St Bartholomews Hospital founded
It was founded by Rahere -
1249
Convex lens spectacles invented
They were used to treat far sightedness -
1300
Concave lens spectacles were invented
They were used to treat myopia -
Period: 1301 to
Renaissance
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1347
First major Black Plague outbreak
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William Harvey
Found that the heart pumps blood around the body while studying a dying dog. -
Printing Press
Allowed the publication of medical discoveries -
Period: to
Industrial Revoloution
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Period: to
Modern World
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Period: to
21st Century
