Engineering 2 9/29/17
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Updated: 2 Oct 2017
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They began to figure out which type of plant is pousionous and which were helpful in diffrent waysEhrlich carried out work on lead poisoning from which he evolved the theory that was to guide much of his subsequent workIn 1932 German bacteriologist Gerhard Domagk announced that the red dye Prontosil is active against streptococcal infections in mice and humans.Alexander Fleming developed antibiotics by accident by finding a bit of mold called Penicillium—P which was used to later develop the drug penicillinSelman Waksman, Albert Schatz, and Elizabeth Bugie announced the discovery of streptomycinBy 1944 adequate amounts of Penicillin were available to meet the extraordinary needs of wartimeAugust von Wassermann gave his name to the blood test for syphilisCharles Mantoux developed a skin test for tuberculosis.English bacteriologist Almroth Wright introduced a vaccine prepared from killed typhoid bacilli as a preventive of typhoidtyphoid vaccination was adopted for the use of British troops serving in the South African Waran efficient vaccine, or toxoid, as it is known in the cases of tetanus and diphtheria was produced against tetanus.The Egyptian Imhotep describes the diagnosis and treatment of 200 diseasesAlcmaeon of Croton distinguished veins from arteriesBirth of Hippocrates, the Greek father of medicine begins the scientific study of medicine and prescribes a form of aspirinDiocles wrote the first known anatomy bookHerophilus studies the nervous systemBirth of Galen. Greek physician to gladiators and Roman emperorsPersian physician Rhazes identifies smallpoxAvicenna writesThe Book of Healing and The Canon of MedicineLeonardo da Vinci dissects corpsesVesalius publishes findings on human anatomy in De Fabrica Corporis HumaniZacharius Jannssen invents the microscopeWilliam 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 heartSir Christopher Wren experiments with canine blood transfusions
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