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Smallpox was a disease. On average 3 out of every 10 people who got it died. Those who survived were usually left with scars that may be severe.
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Discovered the difference between small pox and measles
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Invents spectacles (glasses)
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One of the most devastating pandemics in human history
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Invents the microscope
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Plants have been the source of treatment and prophylaxis
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Discovers blood cells
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Giacomo Pylarini gives the first smallpox inoculations
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Discovers that circus fruits prevent scurvy
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Claudius Aymand performs the first successful Appendecotomy
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Invents the stethoscope
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First vaccine developed for cholera
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First vaccine developed for rabies
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First contact lenses were developed
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Discovers X-Rays
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Invented the Band-aid
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Discovers penicillin
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Used the first blood bank in Chicago
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Smallpox is eradicated
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First vaccine developed for hepatitis A
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First draft of human genome is announced
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First vaccine to target a cause of cancer
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Scientist discover how to use the human skin cell 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
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Scientists successfully use the "revived" DNA to sequence the mammoth's complete genome.
