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In the year 659, the beginning stages for tooth fillings that were made up of silver and tin had originated from China to the creation of amalgams for dental procedures.
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In the year 754, the first pharmacy was started in Baghdad leading to medications prescribed ordered from a prescribing physician.
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Discovered the difference between smallpox and measles
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In 1231 Frederick II set forth laws about medical education levels and licensure ahead of his time.
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Theodoric Borgognoni proposed the antiseptic method that showed how wounds were able to be cleaned to promote healing.
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Italian physician Mondino de Luzzi lead a public dissection for his viewers and spectators.
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In 1489 Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses.
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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek invented the earliest microscopes allowing him to observe cells for the first time.
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In 1628, William Harvey publishes An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals which forms the basis for research of blood.
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In 1656 Sir Christopher Wren experiments with canine blood transfusions.
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In 1796 Edward Jenner developed a method for protection from smallpox by exposing them to the cowpox virus which was later known as vaccination.
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In 1842 Crawford W. Long started using ether a general anesthetic during surgery.
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In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to receive a medical degree.
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In 1867 Joseph Lister was sure that every operating room needed to clean, by developing a antiseptic surgical methods, using carbolic acid to clean wounds and surgical instruments.
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In 1895 x-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen while observing crystals.
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In 1922 insulin was first used to treat diabetes.
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In 1942 Dr. Karl Theodore Dussik published the first paper on medical ultrasonic - ultrasound.
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In 1967 Dr. Christaan Barnard, a South African heat surgeon performed the first human heart transplant.
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In 1980 the World Health Organization announces smallpox has come to an end.
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In 1983 HIV was identified as the cause of AIDS
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In 2000 scientists released the International Human Genome Project released a rough draft to the public.
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In the 20th Century both chemotherapy and radiotherapy were developed ass treatments for cancer.
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In 2005 Jean-Michel Dubernard performed the first partial face transplant.
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In 2006 doctors began to induce potential stem cells and also cloned human stem cells.
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In 2007 scientists discovered how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells.
