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The Plague of Justinian effected (killed) 13% of the worlds population. Researchers think it is from extreme weather change.
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Discovered difference between small pox and measles.
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Medical care becomes regulated.
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Avicenna writesThe Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine.
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Roger Bacon events the first pair of spectacles (glasses)
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Islamic hospitals starts heath care for the sick.
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Black Death disease destroyed about 1/3 of European population
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Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses
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The use of the scientific method begins.
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Printing press allows for publication of medical discoveries.
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Antonio Van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria.
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The first smallpox inoculations was given.
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James Lind publishes his Treatise of the Scurvy stating that citrus fruits prevent scurvy.
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The first successful appendectomy was performed.
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Edward Jenner developed the process vaccination for smallpox.
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Sir Humphry Davy discovers the anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide.
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First vaccine developed for chicken pox.
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First test-tube baby is born.
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HIV the virus that causes AIDS, is identified.
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Willem J. Kolff invented the artificial kidney dialysis machine
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First vaccine to target a cause of cancer.
