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Andreas Vesalius and Leonardo Da Vinci completed the first dissection of the human body in the 1300s. Along with this they made the first anatomical drawings.
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- The first medical schools were built.
- The printing press was invitited: this made books more available which made knowledege and information spread.
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In the 1600s William Harvey described the circulation of blood and the pumping of the heart.
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Anton Von Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope.
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In the eighteenth century Benjamin Franklin discovered that colds could be passed from person to person.
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Edward Jenner discovered the smallpox vaccination. He also discovered that smallpox is related to cowpox.
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AIDS was first discovered in the 1800s. It was announced by Disease Control and Prevention in 1982 but wasn't announced in the U.S. until 1985.
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- Louis Pasteur discovered pasteurization, this is when you heat up milk to prevent the growth of bacteria.
- Robert Koch is known as the "Father of Microbiology." He discovered many disease causing organisms.
- Florence Nightingale started the first school of nursing, this made nursing an honorable profession.
- Sigmund Freud discovered and made the studies of psychology and psychiatry. These are the studies of the mind and body and how they work together.
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Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope.
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Elizabeth Blackwell became the first female doctor in the U.S. She inspired many women to go after their dreams in health care.
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Joseph Lister was the first doctor to use an antiseptic during surgery to prevent infection in the incision.
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Clara Barton was the woman who founded the American Red Cross.
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Louis Pasteur discovered the rabies vaccine and with this he proved that microogranisms can casue disease.
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Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays. This allowed doctors to see inside the human body to discover what was wrong.
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Alexander Fleming discoverd penicillin, which is the first antibiotic. This was one of the biggest discoveries in the twentieth century.
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Jonas Salk discovered an altered polio virus vaccine.
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Albert Sabin discovered and/or created the oral polio vaccine. This vaccine is more effective than Jonas Salk's vaccine.
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Christian Barnard performed the world's first heart transplant surgery.
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Louis Brown was the first succesful "test tube" baby to be born. She was born in 1978. Another name for "test tube" baby is In Vitro Fertilzation (IVF).
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In 1997 the discovery of tissue cloning came out. This is the process of creating an identical copy of an original. Scientists cloned a sheep in 1997, the sheeps name was Dolly.
