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Jan 1, 1543
Revolutionising
Jan van Calcar, revolutionising the science of human anatomy. He includes an account of a successful experimental tracheotomy for artificial respiration of a canine subject. -
Period: Jan 1, 1543 to
The Scientific Revolution
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Period: to
1790
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Vacination
In Berkeley, Gloucestershire, Edward Jenner inoculates a boy with cowpox in the pioneering case of vaccination -
Murder
William Burke and William Hare murder 16 victims and sell their bodies to the Edinburgh Medical School for anatomical study -
Use of Ether
A dentist in Boston, William Morton, uses ether as an anaesthetic while surgeon John Collins Warren removes a tumour in a patient's neck -
Body Parts
By the time 2030 doctors will have come up with ways for human body parts to be replaced by mechanical "robot" type parts that keep the human alive. -
Period: to
2030-Future
