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Described the curculation of blood to and from the heart iin 1628.
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Created the first mercury thermometer in 1714.
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Invented bifocals for glasses.
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Develped a vaccination for smallpox in 1796
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American dentist began using ether as an anesthetic in 1846.
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Began using chloroform as an anesthetic in 1847.
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Became the first female physician in the U.S. in 1849.
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Founded theAmerican Red Cross in 1881.
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Called father of microbiology, develped the culture plate method to identify pathogens.
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Discovered Viruses.
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Sigmund Frued's studies formed the basis for psychology and psychiatry.
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Discovered and used insulin to treat diabetes.
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Founded frontier nursing service to deliver health care to rural kentuckians.
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Discovered penicillin.
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Developed sulfa drugs to fight infections.
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Developed an oral live-virus polio vaccine in the mid 1950's.
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Described the structure of DNA and how it carries genetic information.
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First liver transplant.
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First lung transplant.
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Synthesized a gene.
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Presidant Nixon was involved in establising standards for HMO's and provided an alternative to private health care.
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First "test tube" baby, born in England.
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Inplanted the first artifical hear, the Jarvik.
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First sheep to be cloned, named Dolly.
