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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Timeline
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Dutch lens grinder Zacharius Jannssen invents the microscope
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Girolamo Fabrici studies leg veins and notices that they have valves which allow blood to flow only toward the heart
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Edward Jenner develops a smallpox vaccination method
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Humphry Davy discovers the anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide
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René Laënnec invents the stethoscope.
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Asprin is invented in Germany.
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Frederick Banting and Charles Best discover insulin – important for the treatment of diabetes
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Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
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First vaccine for influenza.
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Jonas Salk develops the first polio vaccine (available in 1955)
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Hip Replacement - John Charnley
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James Hardy performs the first human lung transplant
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Thomas Starzl performs the first human liver transplant
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First commercial ultrasound
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Christiaan Barnard performs the first human heart transplant
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Laser Eye Surgery (LASIK) - Mani Lal Bhaumik
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First test-tube baby is born in the U.K.
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Dr. William DeVries implants the Jarvik-7 artificial heart into patient Barney Clark. Clark lives 112 days.
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HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is identified.Read more: Medical Advances Timeline — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0932661.html#ixzz25cislilH
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Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells