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Became the earliest physician known to use acupuncture and pulse diagnosis.
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The first pharmacy to be established was in Baghdad.
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Persian physician Rhazes identifies smallpox
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Suggested that the left and right ventricles of the heart are separate and discovers the pulmonary circulation and coronary circulation.
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Conducted a public dissection for his students and spectators.
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Copernicus started his own celestial model which contained the Sun rather than Earth in the center of the universe.
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Discovered blood cells
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Invented the first mercury thermometer, which is still used to this very day.
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Publishes his book, "Treatise of the Scurvy", stating that citrus fruits prevent scurvy.
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The Nations first hospital, "to care for the sick, poor and the insane running who were wandering the streets of Pennsylvania."
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British obstetrician James Blundell performs the first successful transfusion of human blood.
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Worked to formalize nursing education, founded modern nursing
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Was first recognized as an inherited disorder.
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First vaccine developed for rabies
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Created by Miller Reese Hutchinson, was made out of a carbon transmitter so it could be portable.
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Became the first female doctor; co-founder of London School of Medicine for Women
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The price of health care begins to increase, making it difficult for the middle class to afford.
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Synthesized the medicines physostigme and glaucoma and cortisone for rheumatoid arthritis.
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Professor Barnard performed the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky who died 18 days later from pnemonia.
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The first automated blood and cell separator.
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Dr. Kenneth Matsumara and Alin Foundation invented the artificial liver by designing a device that utilizes animal liver cells.
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Was performed by Jacques Marescaux
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First vaccine to target a cause of cancer.
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First human liver that was grown from stem cells in Japan.
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The outbreak in West Africa was the largest in history, known to have affected 28,616 and killing 11,310.
