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Alcmaeon of Croton distinguishes the difference between veins and arteries.
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The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad
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They treated their patients through a majority of prayers, which is silly now looking back at it because no physical contact was made.
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He discovered the difference between measles and smallpox.
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He constructed the first magnifying glass. This helped with future examining of objects and medical research, such as cells or disease, that are too small for the human eye.
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The hospitals were created for the sick.
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The black plague killed around 60% of the European population. This meant that scientists and doctors had to discover a new vaccine or treatment quickly to cease the horrific disease.
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He preforms a dissection on a hundred year old man, furthering his learning on how the inner body of a human functions.
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Dutch lens grinder invents the microscope.
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The first use of the scientific method is used. The method is used in every day medical practices ranging from any occupation.
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He discovers blood cells
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Invents the stethoscope.
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Performs first, successful blood transfusion.
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He stops the outbreak of cholera
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First vaccine for cholera was created.
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First vaccine for rabies.
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The first vaccine for plague.
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The first Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine was awarded to Emil Von Behring for his work on the development of a diphtheria antitoxin.
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He discovered penicilin.
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Penicillin was mass produced, creating the worlds first antibiotic.
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Develops cardiac pacemaker to control irregular heartbeat.
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The first full-body scan of a human in an MRI
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The virus was found that causes aids, otherwise known as HIV.
