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The first hospital in Latin Christendom was founded
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discovered the difference between measles and smallpox.
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The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine is written
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invented spectacles
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dissects corpses
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invention of the microscope
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experiments with canine blood transfusions
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allowed for the study of microscopic organisms
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discovery of blood cells
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first smallpox inoculations
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first successful appendectomy
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develops the process of vaccination for smallpox, the first vaccines for any disease
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invention of the stethoscope
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first successful transfusion of human blood
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introduces the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups
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discovery penicillin
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discovers the antibiotic streptomycin
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first kidney transplant
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first polio vaccine
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Human genome draft completed
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first face transplant
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cloning stem cells
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Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells.
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The FDA approves the first human clinical trials in the United States for a wearable artificial kidney designed by Blood Purification Technologies Inc.
