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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
Middle Ages
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620
Aaron of Alexandria Syriac
Wrote 30 books on medicine the "Pandects". First author in antiquity who mentioned the disease of smallpox and measles. -
900
Rhazes
Discovered the difference between smallpox and measles. -
1110
Avicenna
Writes the book of healing and the canon of medicine. -
1300
Islamic Hospitals
Christian monastries founded to treat the ill. -
1400
Jacoba Felicie
She tries to practice medicine but is denied. -
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Renaissance
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1553
Miguel Seveto
Describes the circulation of blood through the lungs. -
Lancisi
In Rome, Lancisi made an important contribution to pathology with the publication of De Subitaneis Mortibus in 1707. Which contains autopsies of sudden cases of death in Rome. -
Claudius Aymond
Performs the first appendectomy. -
Giovanni Battista Morgagni
In 1761 he published his massive work. " The seats and causes of diseases investagated by Anatomy", which was a description of appearances found by postmortem examination of almost 700 cass where he attempted to corrolate the findings after death with the clinical picture in life. -
Discovery of Percussion
Modern Physical diagnosis began with the discovery of percussion by Leopold Aurenbruggerin 1761. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Pharmacopoeia
First American pharmacopeia was published. -
Anesthesia
Becomes widely available, whch allowed surgery options to expand. -
William Halstead
Develops the radical mastectomy to treat breast cancer;the technique includes the surgical removal of the tumor, breast, and overlying skin and muscle. -
Chemical
Chemical agents are used to minmize germs. Carbolic acids was put on incisions to minimize germs and decrease infection rates. -
Wilhem Conrad Roentgen
Wilhem Conrad Roentgen invents X-rays. Followed by Radation Therapy. -
Period: to
Modern World
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Diabetes
Insulin is first used for treatment of diabetes, allowing diabetics to survive atfter diagnosis. -
Homeostasis
American physiologist Walter Bradford Cannon introduces the concept of homeoestasis. -
Penicillin
Scottish bacteriologist Sir Alexander Fleming disovers penicilin. -
Iron Lung
The "iron lung" (Drinker Respirator) is invented. -
DNA
The first cloned gene using recombinant DNA technology is developed. -
Artificial Heart
The worlds first self-contained artificial heart is implanted. -
Period: to
21st Century
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Dr. Bernard Devauchelle
Him and his colleagues perform the worlds first partial face transplant on a living human. -
DNA Test
The first retail DNA kits become available. -
Dr .J. Craig Venter
co-mapper of the human genome, creates the first synthetic cell by synthesizing the entire genome of bacterium, which inserted into a cell and able to replicate. -
3D Organs
The worlds first 3D printed organ tissues are created.
