Timeline of Medical Advancements
Category: Other
Updated: 28 Sep 2018
exact days aren't accurate but years are
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Created byKelton Ford
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Events
Alcmaeon of Croton distinguished
veins from arteriesDiocles wrote the first known anatomy bookPersian physician Rhazes identifies smallpoxDa Vinci dissects corpses to study the body.
One of the first people to do soWilliam 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 heartAnton Van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cellsSir Humphry Davy discovers the anesthetic
properties of nitrous oxideLouis Pasteur identifies germs as
cause of diseaseKarl Landsteiner develops the blood
classification system, A, B, AB, O groupsSmallpox eradicatedFirst vaccine to target
cancer createdFirst full face transplantPeriods
Pre-History
Career: Shaman MedicinemanMiddle Ages
Career: ClergymenRenaissance
Career: Forensic
PathologistIndustrial
Revolution
Career:
DentistModern
World
Career:
Orthodontist21st Century
Career: Reconstructive
Surgery 3D Printing Specialist
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