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Alcmaeon of Croton Distinguished veins from arteries
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Hippocrates was the Greek father of medicine begins the study of medicine and prescribes a form of aspirin.One of his biggest achievements was making the Hippotic Oath.
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Diocles Was the person who wrote the first known autonomy book
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Hemophilus Studied the nervous system and how it works
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Galen was the Greek physician to the gladiator and Roman emperors.He was one of the main physicians to really study,as he dissected many times on African Monkeys, Pigs, Sheep,and Goats
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Chen Chuan Described symptoms of diabetes mellitus
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Built upon ideas of Hippocrates and was a renowned physician who was born in a ancient city called Rayy near Tehran.
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Roger bacon was the Man who invented spectacles to help people with abnormal eye problems to see
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Wrote the book "Lesson in Anatomy" which is known as first modern anatomy book
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Leonardo Da Vinci starts directing corpses to gain knowledge to the human body
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Zacharius Iansen was Dutch spectacle maker who invented the first optical telescope and is sometimes credited for inventing the microscope.
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Wrote an anatomical study of The Motion of The Heart and of The Blood in Animals which forms the foundation in the study of the arteries,heart, and blood vessels
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Discovered blood cells and observed bacteria and is cited as the first microbiologist to study muscle fibers, bacteria,spermatozoa, and blood flow in the capillaries
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Gave the first smallpox inoculations
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Finds a way to prevent scurvy through citrus
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Invents the stethoscope which is used to hear heart beats at a loud sound making sure there is nothing abnormal
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Performs the very first blood transfusion
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First woman to receive a medical degree which she received happily at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and was the very first woman to be on the UK Medical Register
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Man who developed Aspirin which is used to reduce fevers and colds
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Discovers lack of vitamin D in the diet can cause rickets
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Insulin first used to treat diabetes
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A vaccine is invented to counter influenza which is a deadly virus if not treated with any vaccine or treatment
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John hopps invents the first Cardiac pacemaker. A Cardiac pacemaker is a device placed in the chest which controls abnormal heart beats. It uses electrical impulses to prompt the heart beat at a normal rate.Pace makers are used to treat arrhythmia.
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Helped in the making of a polio virus land they are used today to give us a more depth of cancer
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Jonas Salk invents the first successful polio vaccine and was an American medical researcher and virologist
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Godfrey Hounsfield and South African psychiatrist Allan Cormack of Tufts university invented CT scans
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First test tube baby is born which gives hope to many women who wanted a child.
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Smallpox was a global threat making every 3 out of 10 cases an instant death, so the World Health organization eradicated the disease in a program making the last known case of smallpox in 1977
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The first vaccine for Hepatitis B is made in 1981.Hepatitis B is a serious infection contracted from sex.
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The very first artificial clone of an animal using the process of nuclear fusion and is the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell
