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the firs pharmacy was opened up in Baghdad where the pharmacist would prepare prescribed medicines by the physician. Having pharmacies aided the development of knowledge about drugs
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clarified the anatomy of the trachea and approved of the operation, tracheotomy. Documented the importance of the spinal cord to the movement of limbs.
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Discovered the difference between small pox and measels
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Several Muslim hospitals founded on the basis of the teachings in the Qur'an.
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Physicians and doctors were licensed after formal training. Must have a license to practice medicine. The beginning of medical care regulations.
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the invention of the printing press allowed for information about new discoveries and publications to be able to spread quickly.
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Scientist started using dissection of corpses rather than animals to study human anatomy.
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The use of the scientific method came into use during the sixteenth century , people began to look for the real causes of what they saw around them, rather than the supernatural to explain events and disease.
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The medical developments during this time was made possible by inventions like the microscope. It allowed more accurate observation of patients and symptoms.
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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells
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Claudius Aymand performs the first successful appendectomy.
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Discovered the first vaccination.
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Joseph Lister insisted on the use of carbolic soap to disinfect instruments and clean hands before doctors moved to another patient, medical asepsis.
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Robert Koch discovered that pathogens are the source of some diseases.
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John Snow stops the outbreak of cholera with the discovery that it was in the water system in major cities like London
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the first vaccine developed for cholera.
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The first contact lenses developed
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discovers x-rays
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Karl Landsteiner introduces the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups.
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Insulin first used to treat diabetes.
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First vaccine developed for diphtheria
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First vaccine developed for tetanus
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First vaccine developed for tuberculosis
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discovers penicillin
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Scientists announced they had completed a draft sequencing of the human genome, or all the genes that make up our DNA.
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The FDA approved the first human papillomavirus vaccine, called Gardasil.
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First vaccine to target a cause of cancer.
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Stem cells can be programmed to become any type of cell in the body.
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The first full-face transplant done in the United States was performed on Connie Culp.
