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Andreas Vesalius and Leonardo Da Vinci dissected human bodies and made the first anatomical drawings
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Anton Von Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope
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Willian Harvey described the circulation of blood and the pumping of the heart
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Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals and found that colds could be passed from person to person
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Edward Jenner developed a vaccine for smallpox
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Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope
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Ignaz Semmelweiss identified the cause of maternal infections and instituted hand washing
medical students would deliver babies after coming from the cadaver lab without washing their hands
this caused the deaths of many babies and mothers -
Elizabeth Blackwell became the first women to qualify as a doctor
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Florence Nightingale started the first nursing school
during the Crimean War
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Joseph Lister was the first doctor to use an antiseptic during surgery to prevent infection in the incision
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Clara Barton established the American Red Cross
"Angel of the Battle Feild"
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Louis Pasteur discovered rabies vaccine.
he proved that microorganisms caused disease
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Wilhelm Roenntgen discovered x-rays
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Sigmund Freud studied the effects of the unconscious mind on the body
determined the mind and body work together
his studies were the basis of psychology and psychiatry
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First Bronchoscopy
Advances in scope surgery began early on. The avantage of this new technique is that there is no need to make a large incision. In 1987 German Gustav Killian performed the first bronchoscopy. (not exact date) -
Typhoid Mary discovered to be carrier of Typhoid Fever
Typhoid Mary was the first healthy carrier of Typhoid Fever in the United states and she was first contacted by a Health Inspector in 1907 and discovered to be a carrier of the fever. (not exact date) -
Marie Curie Isolated Radium
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World War I
World War I begins July 28, 1914 and ends November 11, 1918. -
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin
penicillin was the first antibiotic
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Great Depression
The Great Depression began in 1929 and ended in the early 1940s. It was caused by a stock market crash and affected economies world wide for several years. (not exact date) -
Hindenburg Disaster
On May 6th, 1937 the Hindenburg attempted to land and was cuaght up in flames. -
World War II
World War II begins Semptember 1st, 1939 and ends September 2nd, 1945. -
Car Seatbelts Introduced
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Jonas Salk discovered an altered polio vaccine
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam war begins November 1st, 1955 and ends April 30th, 1975. -
Albert Sabin created an oral polio vaccine
more effective than Salk's vaccine
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Christian Barnard performed the world's first heart transplant surgery
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Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. He was known as a spokes person for the Civil Rights Movement. -
First Man on the Moon
The first man on the moon was Neil Armstrong and he landed there on July 20, 1969 with Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. -
Microsurgeries
Microsurgery is surgery on a minute body structures or cells performed with teh aid of a microscope and other specialized instruments, such as a micromanipulator. The first advanced microsurgery was performed by Professor Owen in 1970. (not exact date) -
Gene Therapy
Gene Therapy is the insertion of genes into an individual's cells and tissues to treat a disease, and hereditary diseases in particular. It was first used in 1972. (Not exact date) -
First Test Tube Baby
Louise Brown was born in Great Britain in 1978 and was the first test tube baby. (not exact date) -
AIDS and HIV identified.
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Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster happened on April 26, 1986, in Chernobyl Ukraine. It was a large environmental disaster and caused a huge spread of radiation. 31 died after the explosion but thousands others are expected to die from the same cause later on. -
Challenger Space Shuttle Explodes
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Berlin Wall Falls
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Gene Mapping
Gene mapping refers to the mapping of genese to specific locations on chromosomes. It is a critical step in the understanding of genetic diseases. The Human Genome Project was first started in 1990 by Ari Patrinos. (not exact date) -
Tissue Cloning
Tissue Cloning is the process of creating an identical copy of an Original. Dolly the Sheep was cloned July 5th, 1996. -
Gregory Mendel established the patterns of heredity
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Rodert Koch discovered many disease-causing organisms
he discovered anthrax, tuberculosis, cholera
became the "Father of Microbiology"
