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Distinguished veins from arteries.
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Creation of amalgams for dental procedures.
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First pharmacy was established.
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Discovered difference between measles and smallpox.
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Wrote ¨The Book of Healing¨ and ¨The Canon of Medicine¨.
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Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses.
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First written record of a mother and baby surviving a cesarean section.
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Use of scientific method begins.
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It allowed the study of microorganisms like bacteria.
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria.
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Performs the first successful appendectomy.
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Invents the stethoscope.
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First successful transfusion of human blood.
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The germ theory of disease was established.
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First contact lenses developed.
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Invented the Band-Aid.
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Insulin first used to treat diabetes.
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Discovers penicillin.
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First vaccine developed for mumps.
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He had the last natural case of smallpox.
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Draft of Human Genome Project was released.
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Surgical tasks are performed by a robotic system controlled by the surgeon at a remote site.
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Performs the first face transplant.
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First vaccine to target a cause of cancer.
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Development of the first advanced-movement prosthetic leg.
