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500
Alcmaeon of Croton
He distinguished veins from arteries -
Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300
Middle Ages
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910
Smallpox was identified.
Persian physician Rhazes identified smallpox -
1010
Avicenna
he wrote The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine -
1010
The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine
Avicenna wrote The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine. -
1249
Roger Bacon
He invests spectacles -
Period: Jan 1, 1301 to
Renaissance
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1489
Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses
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Microscope
Robert Hooke built one of the first reflecting microscopes. -
Sir Christopher Wren
Sir Christopher Wren experimented with canine blood transfusions -
Blood cells were discovered
Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovered blood cells -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek observes bacteria
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Giacomo Pylarini
He gave the first smallpox inoculations -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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The process of vaccination for smallpox started. This is the first vaccines for any disease
Edward Jenner developed the process for this vaccination. -
Stethoscope was invented
Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope -
Dr. Horace Wells uses nitrous oxide as an anesthetic
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First vaccine developed for cholera
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Period: to
Modern Word
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The system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups was introduced
Karl Landsteiner introduced the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups -
Insulin was first used to treat diabetes
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The first vaccine was developed for diphtheria
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Selman A. Waksman
Selman A. Waksman discovered the antibiotic streptomycin -
First vaccine was developed for influenza
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McLean researchers identify four types of brain abnormalities associated with abuse and neglect experienced in childhood.
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Period: to
21st Century
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Paul Ridker
He found that C-reactive protein predicts the chances of developing heart disease, leading to new guidelines for predicting cardiovascular disease. -
First vaccine to target a cause of cancer
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Heart disease deaths drop by 40%
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Human Genome Discoveries
