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Andreas Vesalius performs disections on human corpses which revealed detailed information on human anatomy and dispelled early incorrect beliefs.
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William Harvey finds that blood circulates through the body and is pumped by the heart.
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Nitrous oxide and other chemical compounds are used as anesthesia allowing operations to be performed with less pain.
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Louis Pasteur discovered that certain microbial organisms are responsible for diseases.
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Accidentaly discovered by Wilhelm Roentgen when experimenting with cathodes. revolutionized medicine.
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Blood types are discovered and classified, allowing for safe blood transfusions.
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Revelation that some diseases are caused by lack of some nutrients by Fredrick Hopkins.
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Discovery of pencillin by Alexander Flemming leads to the isolation of the compound and use as an antibiotic.
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Gerhard Domagk discovers that the use of Sulfa can combat infections.
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Human retrovirus known as human immunodeficiency virus is dicovered to cause AIDS by Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier.
