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Pharmacies were first found in Baghdad, then spread throughout Saudi Arabia, then to Europe.
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Discovered the difference between smallpox and measles
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The inventor of the first pair of glasses is not known, but they became common in the 13th century.
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Roger Bacon developed this scientific lens now used in most all surgeries.
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Put on trial for practicing medicine without a license. She was not granted a license due to being a female.
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This process began to be used throughout Europe. People began to stop guessing and actually look for answers.
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Discovered microorganisms and wrote scientific bestseller.
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovered these tiny organisms using microscopes and many different sources.
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The King of England required barber-surgeons to split and become either a barber or a surgeon.
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He found a that citrus fruit cures scurvy and published a book about it.
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Injected people with cowpox to vaccinate against smallpox, which was the start of vaccinations.
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Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec invented the stethoscope at a hospital in Paris.
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A patient had a painless procedure he used anesthetics.
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Begins in China. Spread by rats and caused 10 million deaths.
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Accidentally invented the X-ray.
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Insulin was given to a young, adolescent boy for the first time and allowed him to survive for 13 more years.
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Discovered Penicillin, an antibiotic for many illnesses.
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A blood bank was opened in Chicago.
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Released a vaccine to treat polio, which caused 3,000 US deaths the previous year.
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Surgeon Christian Barnard gave Lewis Washkansy a new heart in South Africa.
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The Alin Foundation and Dr. Matsumura developed a bio artificial liver that performs all normal functions besides merging with blood.
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All genomes in human DNA were identified.
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This vaccine intended to prevent certain types of cancer due to HPV was approved and released to be administered to females.
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A part-face transplant had previously been done, but this was the first time a human received a full-face transplant.
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560 cities now have laws about not smoking in specific indoor venues such as the workplace.
