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Lippershey and Jansen invent the microscope |
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| Stelluti's honey-bee Wellcome Library, London
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William Harvey discovers the circulation of the blood |
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| Blood-letting Wellcome Library, London
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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit develops the mercury thermometer |
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1714 |
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| Male nurse reading a thermometer Wellcome Library, London
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Stephen Hales measures blood pressure in a horse |
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1733 |
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| Stephen Hales measuring a horse's blood pressure Wellcome Library, London
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René Laënnec invents the stethoscope |
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1816 |
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| Laënnec using his stethoscope Wellcome Library, London
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Helmholtz invents ophthalmoscope |
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1851 |
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| Principle of Helmholtz's ophthalmoscope Wellcome Library, London
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Hypodermic syringe |
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1853 |
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| Alexander Wood's hypodermic syringe Wellcome Library, London
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Mendel publishes theory of inheritance |
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1866 |
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| Gregor Mendel in his monastery Wellcome Library, London
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Gastroscopy on sword-swallower |
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1868 |
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| Examination using a rigid endoscope Wellcome Library, London
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Centrifuge separates cream |
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1883 |
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Roentgen discovers X-rays |
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1895 |
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The Curies discover radium |
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1898 |
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1898 |
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1901 |
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| Normal ECG at rest, 1986 Wellcome Photo Library
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First intelligence test |
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1905 |
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| Feeble-minded girls, New York 1890 Wellcome Library, London
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Fibreoptic imaging |
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1928 |
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| Fibre optic gastroscopy, 1998 Wellcome Library, London
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Knoll and Ruska build electron microscope |
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1931 |
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| Scanning electron micrograph, red blood cells,1998 Wellcome Photo Library
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Hodkgin determines molecular structure of penicillin |
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1944 |
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| Crystals, engraving 1802 Wellcome Library, London
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Brownell and Sweet build PET scanner |
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1953 |
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| PET scanner, 1995 Wellcome Photo Library
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DNA unravelled |
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1953 |
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| Uncle Sam and John Bull knitting DNA, 1990 Wellcome Library, London
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Ian Donald uses ultrasound on pregnant women |
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1955 |
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Maiman constructs first working laser |
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1960 |
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| Laser treatment to the eye,1992 Wellcome Photo Library
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EMI installs first CT scanner in British hospital |
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1971 |
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Damadian produces MRI scan of a human body |
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1977 |
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Development of keyhole surgery |
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Human genome sequenced |
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1999 |
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| Read-out from gene sequencer Wellcome Photo Library
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