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Discovered the difference between measles and smallpox
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Ammar ibn `Ali al-Mawsili performed the first successful eye surgery using a needle and removing a cataract
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Roger Bacon invents spectacles
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He established Les Quinze-vingt which was a hospital for eye diseases, and is now one of the most important medical centers in Paris
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Islamic hospitals provide healthcare for the ill
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It was a massive disease that depleted population in England
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The use of the scientific method begins
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Allowed the study of microorganisms, such as bacteria
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He describes bacteria
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Uses microscope to discover plague fleas
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Louis Pasteur developed the first anthrax vaccine
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Louis Pasteur developed the first vaccine for rabies
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The first contact lenses are developed
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Curie discovers the science of radioactivity
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Felix Hoffman developed aspirin
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Plague hits San Francisco
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He invented the band-aid in order to prevent infection
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Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
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Salk discovers polio vaccine
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WHO declares smallpox completely eradicated
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AZT is used to combat AIDS
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Steve Thomas used sterile maggots to treat infectious wounds
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Gardasil, which is a vaccine preventing cervical cancer, is approved by the FDA
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Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells
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MIPPA provides incentives for practitioners that use electronic health records and e-prescribing
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The FDA approves the first human clinical trials in the United States for a wearable artificial kidney
