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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
The Middle Ages
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Sep 11, 754
First Pharmacy established in Baghdad
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Aug 31, 900
Rhazes
Discovered difference between smallpox and measles. -
Sep 11, 1010
Avicenna
The book of Healing and The Cannon of Medicine was written -
Sep 11, 1249
glasses where invented
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1489
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Renaissance
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Zacharius Jannssen
invents the microscope -
Blood cells discovered
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Anton van Leeuwenhoek observes bacteria. -
discovered citrus fruits prevent scurvy
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first successful appendectomy
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Edward Jenner
He develops the process of vaccination for smallpox, the first vaccine for any disease. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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stethoscope invented
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James Blundell
performs the first successful transfusion of human blood -
syringe was developed
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First vaccine developed for cholera
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Karl Landsteiner
Creates system to classify different blood types. -
Period: to
Modern World
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Band-Aid invented
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Insulin first used to treat diabetes.
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First vaccine developed for whooping cough
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First vaccine developed for tetanus.
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Period: to
21st Century
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First vaccine to target a cause of cancer
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Stem Cell Research
study showed that adult cells including stem cells can be turned back into stem cells -
Combined four pills into one to fight HIV
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Japanese Researchers
discovered how to make healthy liver out of stem cells -
First vaccine for Ebola
