Video Added: February 10, 2009
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William Harvey discovers how blood is actually circulated
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10 | William Harvey: Blood Flow Theory | Greatest Discoveries | 02:43 | February 10, 2009 | 8081 |
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Blood Transfusions can be deadly if blood types are not matched.
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9 | The Beginning of Blood Transfusions | Greatest Discoveries | 02:03 | February 10, 2009 | 4990 |
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Anesthesia allowed surgeries to be completely painless for the patient.
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8 | The Beginning of Anesthesia | Greatest Discoveries | 02:38 | February 10, 2009 | 3146 |
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1846 in Vienna, doctors began to speculate about the possibility of unseen organisms causing disease.
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7 | The Beginning of Germ Theory | Greatest Discoveries | 02:42 | February 10, 2009 | 2236 |
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The discovery that a healthy diet with the necessary vitamins prevented many diseases without really that much effort.
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6 | The Discovery of Vitamins | Greatest Discoveries | 01:56 | February 10, 2009 | 3547 |
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Penicillin was one of medical sciences biggest breakthroughs.
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5 | The Discovery of Penicillin | Greatest Discoveries | 02:14 | February 10, 2009 | 3343 |
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Sulfa drugs changed wartime medical practices forever.
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4 | The Invention of Sulfa Drugs | Greatest Discoveries | 01:41 | February 10, 2009 | 2229 |
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Diabetes would still take countless lives if it weren't for this unique drug.
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3 | The Invention of Insulin | Greatest Discoveries | 02:02 | February 10, 2009 | 3801 |
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Cancer cells may already be inside us on the cellular level, just waiting to be activated.
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2 | Cancer Theories and Discoveries | Greatest Discoveries | 02:58 | February 10, 2009 | 2684 |
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HIV, the retrovirus that causes AIDS, continues to puzzle scientists even today, decades after their discovery.
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1 | HIV Research and Discoveries | Greatest Discoveries | 02:43 | February 10, 2009 | 2671 |
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