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500
Alcmaen
Alcmaen of Croton distinguished veins from arteries -
Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299
Middle Ages
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Sep 5, 754
1st Pharmacy
The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad in 754 -
Aug 31, 900
Rhazes
Discovered difference between small pox and measles -
Sep 5, 945
Ergot Infestations
Ergot poisonings killed thousands of people, it was cause by Ergot, a type of fungus growing on rye and grains during wet seasons. -
Sep 5, 1010
Avicenna
Avicenna writes The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
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Sep 5, 1377
Quarantine
Quarantine was done for the first time due to the "Black Death" diseases. It was done to prevent the healthy people from getting sick due to sick people being around them and contaminating them. -
Sep 5, 1489
Leonardo Da vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci dissect a corpses for the first time. -
Sep 5, 1500
Cesarean Section
First written record of a mother and a baby both surviving a cesarean section. -
Zacharias Jannssenn
Zacharias Jannssenn invents the microscope. -
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Anton discovers red blood cells. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Claudius Aymand
Claudius Aymand performs the first successful appendectomy -
Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner develops the process of vaccination for small pox, it is the first vaccine for any disease. -
Profession of Dentistry
The profession of Dentistry was passed in the U.K. -
Contact Lenses
The first contact lenses was developed -
Asprin
Felix Hoffmen develops aspirin -
Period: to
Modern World
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Bubonic Plague
Bubonic Plague hits San Francisco -
HIV
The virus that causes AIDS is identified -
Steve Thomas
Used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment -
Gardasil
a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer was approved -
Creation of embryonic stem cells
Scientist discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells.
