History - Events and Dates in Medicine

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Compendium Medicine is written by Gilbert Eagle,a comprehensive English medical textbook blending European and Arab knowledge of medicine. What was the year?
1230
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Illustration shows Medieval doctor checking the patient's urine and pulse.What was the year?
1250
2 of 18
William Harvey proves the circulation of the blood..What was the year?
1628
3 of 18
Guy's Hospital is founded in London.What was the year?
1724
4 of 18
Edward Jenner develops cowpox as a protection against smallpox.What was the year?
1798
5 of 18
James Simpson uses chloroform as an anaesthetic.What was the year?
1847
6 of 18
First Public Health Act is introduced.What was the year?
1848
7 of 18
Joseph Bazalgette begins building a network of sewers under London street.What was the year?
1858
8 of 18
Joseph Lister publishes a description of carbolic antiseptic in surgery.What was the year?
1867
9 of 18
Robert Koch's work on the identification of tuberculosis is published in Britain.What was the year?
1882
10 of 18
First of the Liberal social reforms, including free school meals for the poorest children, free medical checks and free treatment is introduced.What was the year?
1906
11 of 18
Alexander Fleming discovers that penicillin kills bacteria.What was the year?
1928
12 of 18
NHS comes into operation.What was the year?
1948
13 of 18
Francis Crick and James Watson publish their research on the structure of DNA.What was the year?
1953
14 of 18
First liver transplant is carried out in America.What was the year?
1963
15 of 18
First ‘test tube’ baby is born.What was the year?
1978
16 of 18
Human Genome Project is declared complete with the final sequencing of the entire human genome, this is a huge breakthrough in understanding how genes help determine who a person is.What was the year?
2003
17 of 18
Black death arrived in England. What year was it?
1348
18 of 18

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Edward Jenner develops cowpox as a protection against smallpox.What was the year?

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