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Barber-surgeons cut hair, preform surgery; barber pole symbol popularized.
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Medical care becomes regulated.
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Christian monasteries founded to treat the ill.
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Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied
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Human anatomical studies allowed
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Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas.
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Printing press alows for publication of discoveries
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Scientific method begins
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Robert Hooke-- reflective telescope
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Edward Jenner discovered 1st vaccination
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John Snow stops outbreak of cholera
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Discovery of pathogens
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Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope
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Bubonic Plague hits San Francisco
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Alexander Fleming discovers penicilin
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Discovery of organ transplant, X-rays, and radium for cancer treatment.
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Salk discovers polio vaccine
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Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells.
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Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles.