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The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad
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discovered the difference between smallpox and measles
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Medical schools and hospitals were built to support the work of Arabic doctors
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first successful eye surgery
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Islamic hospitals; healthcare for the sick
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1489 Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses
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1590 Zacharius Jannssen invents the microscope
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the use of scientific methods began
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Reflective microscope
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Doctors increasingly trained to use Scientific
method. Beginning of more professional training
of doctors in hospitals wards -
Uses microscopes to discover plague fleas
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– The development of
vaccinations -
Governments believed they should
interfere in people’s lives as little as possible. If
people were unhealthy that was their business -
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Karl Landsteiner discovers the existence of different human blood types
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Alois Alzheimer identifies the first case of what becomes known as Alzheimer's disease
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– invents electrocardiography (ECG/EKG)
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– Fidel Pagés pioneers epidural anesthesia
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Frederick Banting and Charles Best discover insulin – important for the treatment of diabetes
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– First HPV vaccine approved.
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– Laurent Lantieri performs the first full face transplant.
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– The first kidney was grown in vitro in the U.S.
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– The first human liver was grown from stem cells in Japan.
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- A 3D printer is used for first ever skull transplant.