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Period: 500 to 1300
Middle Ages
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900
Rhazes
Discovered the difference between measles and smallpox. -
1020
First successful eye surgery
Performed by Ammar ibn `Ali al-Mawsili using a needle and removing a cataract. -
1095
Congregation of the Antonines was founded
It was founded to treat victims of "St. Anthony's fire" a skin disease. -
1248
Ibn al-Baitar
Wrote on botany and pharmacy, studied animal anatomy and medicine veterinary medicine. -
1249
Roger Bacon
He wrote about convex lens spectacles for treating long-farsightedness. -
Period: 1301 to
Renaissance
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1543
Andreas Vesalius
Published findings on human anatomy in De Fabrica Corporis Humani -
Use of scientific method begins
Helps medical field create, test, and analyze new medicine -
Reflective Microscope
Allowed study of microorganisms like bacteria. -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells
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Francis Bacon
Uses microscope to discover plague fleas -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Rene Laennec
Invents the stethoscope -
James Blundell
Performs the first successful transfusion of human blood -
First vaccine developed for cholera
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Louis Pasteur
Develops the first vaccine for rabies -
First contact lenses developed
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Period: to
Modern World
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Karl Landsteiner
Introduces the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups -
Dr. Paul Dudley White
Pioneers the use of the electrocardiograph -
First vaccine developed for whooping cough
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First vaccine developed for tuberculosis
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First vaccine developed for yellow fever
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Period: to
21st Century
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First vaccine to target a cause of cancer
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The second rotavirus vaccine approved
(first was withdrawn) -
Laurent Lantieri
Performs the first full face transplant. -
First successful Uterus transplant
From a deceased donor in Turkey -
3D printer used for first skull transplant
