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Created by Robert Bacon
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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope.
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Jean Baptiste Denis performed the first blood transfusion using animal blood.
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Invented by Ben Franklin, they were used to see better.
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Edward Jenner developed small pox vaccine in 1796
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THe stethescope was invented by Rene Laennac
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Richard Lower performed first sucessful bloodtransfusion on a dog
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Used diethyl to put the patient to sleep and charged $2 for it
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Using a galvanometer, Richard Caton noted electrical impulses from the brains of animals.
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The American Red Cross was founded in 1881 by Clara Barton
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Daniel Hale Williams performed the first successful open-heart surgery
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Romans discovered X-Rays in 1895
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Dr. Willem Einthoven invented the first one and it weighted 600 pounds and needed 5 people to operate it.
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Sir Alexander Fleming disovered penicillin in 1982
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António Egas Moniz performed the first lobotomy
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Dr. Albert S. Hyman demonstrated a heart pacemaker.
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Dr. Ugo Cerletti used this to help people with mental illnesses
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Willem J. Kolff built the first dialysis machine
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David S. Sheridan invented it
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Claude Beck, successfully defibrillated the heart of a 14-year-old boy
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Dr. Harold Ridley implanted the first permanently placed intraocular lens to correct cataract
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Jonas Salk developed the polo vaccine in 1952
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Pierre Deniker created this drug for patienets with schizophrenia
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The Herrick twin brothers performed the first successful kindney transplant
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Performed by a medical team led by Dr. Thomas Starzl