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Timeline of Medical Advancements
Created by
Kelton Ford
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exact days aren't accurate but years are
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Events
Alcmaeon of Croton distinguished veins from arteries
Diocles wrote the first known anatomy book
Persian physician Rhazes identifies smallpox
Da Vinci dissects corpses to study the body. One of the first people to do so
William Harvey publishes An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals which forms the basis for future research on blood vessels, arteries and the heart
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells
Sir Humphry Davy discovers the anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide
Louis Pasteur identifies germs as cause of disease
Karl Landsteiner develops the blood classification system, A, B, AB, O groups
Smallpox eradicated
First vaccine to target cancer created
First full face transplant
Periods
Pre-History Career: Shaman Medicineman
Middle Ages Career: Clergymen
Renaissance Career: Forensic Pathologist
Industrial Revolution Career: Dentist
Modern World Career: Orthodontist
21st Century Career: Reconstructive Surgery 3D Printing Specialist
