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Medieval China was the first place to have documented dental procedures. Used silver and tin for fillings.
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The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad. They then became a regulation.
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Discovered ophthalmology, considered the most important discovery in the middle ages.
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Promoted the use of anesthetics for surgery.
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Count Guilhem VIII only permitted people to teach there if they were permitted.
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One of the most devastating pandemics in history. It killed an estimate of almost 200 million people. Almost 1/3 of Europe. This was due to the lack of sanitation and knowledge.
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First doctor to suggest how pathogens were passed along.
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Wrote "De Humaini Corporis Fabrica". He dissected humans corpses and examined them.
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First to discover how the circulatory system works.
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Discovered the scabies mite.
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Created the first vaccine for smallpox.
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Created the first stethoscope.
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Multiple typhus outbreaks were recorded in Baltimore, Concord, Washington D.C., and Philadelphia.
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Discovered the cause of cholera.
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The smell of untreated waste from River Thamas. This worsened the cholera problem.
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The first antibiotic, penicillin, was made.
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The first successful organ transplant was a kidney.
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Created the polio vaccine.
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Stem cells were discovered.
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The first MRI was created.
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HIV death rate drops by 10%
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The first artificial eye was created.
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West African Ebola epidemic.
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The first 3-D printed heart was created, using human tissue.
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Heart disease rates drop by 40%
