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Bian Que is one of the earliest people to use acupuncture
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Alcmaeon of Croton distinguish veins from arteries in 500 bc
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Islamic Hospitals was the beginning of healthcare for the sick
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approximately 50 million people died due to a contagious bacterial disease called the plague in 1346- 1353
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Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied
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Human anatomical studies were allowed
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Zacharias Janssen invents the Microscope.
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The scientific method begins to be used
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William Harvey published Anatomical Studies on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals. He showed that veins and arteries circulate blood throughout the human body.
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Antoine Van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria
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Edward Jenner developed the process of vaccination for smallpox, the first vaccine for any disease.
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London suffers a cholera outbreak (infectious and often fatal bacterial disease of the small intestine) after the governemnt decides to contaminate the water supply by dumping the waste in the RIver Thames
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John Snow stops the outbreak of cholera
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Wilhelm Roentgen discovered electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range or x-rays
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The bubonic plague hits San Francisco
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Karl Landsteiner discovered the first human blood groups, which helped transfusion become a safer practice.
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October 24th 1929- The great depression begins- people had poor diets, tuberculosis, pneumonia , influenza. Health care at the the time was still being worked on and at the time it seemed more like luxury than a necessity.
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First HMO insurance
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WHO declares smallpox eradicated
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First combined oral contraceptive approved by the FDA
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South African heart surgeon, Dr. Christiaan Barnard performs the first human heart transplant
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Steve Thomas uses sterile maggots as treatment for infection wounds.
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Dr. Kenneth Matsumuara and the alin foundation invented the artificial liver
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The HGP was an international scientific research project. They mapped out all the genes of the human genome from a physical and functional stand point
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FDA approved the use of Atripla tablets for the treatment of HIV-1 infections in adults.
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Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells.
