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Greek physician to gladiators and Roman emperors
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wrote the first known anatomy book
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The Greek father of medicine begins the scientific study of medicine and prescribes a form of aspirin.
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distinguished veins from arteries
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Discovered the difference between measles and smallpox
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writesThe Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine
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invents spectacles
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dissects corpses
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publishes findings on human anatomy in De Fabrica Corporis Humani
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invents the microscope
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publishes An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals which forms the basis for future research on blood vessels, arteries and the heart
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experiments with canine blood transfusions
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discovers blood cells
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observes bacteria.
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gives the first smallpox inoculations
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performs the first successful appendectomy
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develops the process of vaccination for smallpox, the first vaccine for any disease
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discovers the anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide
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invents the stethoscope
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performs the first successful transfusion of human blood
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Long uses ether as a general anesthetic
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uses nitrous oxide as an anesthetic
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a dentist, is the first to publish the process of using anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide
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is the first woman to gain a medical degree from Geneva Medical College in New York
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first used to treat diabetes.
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developed for diphtheria
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developed for whooping cough
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developed for tuberculosis
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developed for hepatitis A.
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to target a cause of cancer
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