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X-rays were discovered in 1895 by the German Physicist Wilhelm Roentgen. He was studying cathode rays produced by a recently-invented piece of equipment called a Crooke's tube when he noticed that a fluorescent screen across the room started to glow
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Edward Jenner is credited with the development of vaccination but in fact it was first introduced into England by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu in 1721. She tried a method that was used in Turkey where people deliberately infected themselves with a mild form of smallpox. This was the first form of innoculation
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an acute contagious viral disease, with fever and pustules usually leaving permanent scars. It was effectively eradicated through vaccination by 1979.
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William Harvey: published his new theory that the heart pumps blood throughout the body
Humphrey Davy: discovered laughing gas
Andreus Vesalius and Leonardo Da Vinci dissected human body and made the first anatomical drawings
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As the understanding of the body increased, so did the development of new medicines. as people started to interact with each other through trade and explorations it allowed the spread of global disesase
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1628 William Harvey published his theory that the heart is a muscle, which acts as a pump to circulate the blood around the body, this discovery lead to the conclusion that there are specific body systems that works together
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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, made one of the earliest microscopes. The detail the revolutionary microscopes could see allowed the English scientist Robert Hooke to observe cells for the first time. In 1661 the Italian scientist Marcello Malpighi identified capillaries which finally showed the link between arteries and veins and proving Harvey's theory for the circulation of blood.
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In 1445 the printing press was invented, this lead to a lot books being published because of this people didn't have to hand copy anymore and ideas flourished in the land. The Printing Press was the information superhighway of its day.
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The renaissance took place in 1400-1700s. The Renaissance was a time period where people called aristocrats studied medicine. It was a time period where there was a revival in ideas.
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history of medicine
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