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    The document lists several major scientific discoveries and inventions throughout history, including the discoverers responsible. Some of the key developments mentioned are: William Harvey's discovery of systemic blood circulation in 1628, Antony van Leeuwenhoek's observation of microorganisms in the late 1600s using his simple microscope, and the development of the stethoscope by René Laennec in 1816. In more recent history, it notes discoveries like the first successful in vitro fertilization and birth of a "test tube baby" by Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe in 1978.

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    The document lists several major scientific discoveries and inventions throughout history, including the discoverers responsible. Some of the key developments mentioned are: William Harvey's discovery of systemic blood circulation in 1628, Antony van Leeuwenhoek's observation of microorganisms in the late 1600s using his simple microscope, and the development of the stethoscope by René Laennec in 1816. In more recent history, it notes discoveries like the first successful in vitro fertilization and birth of a "test tube baby" by Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe in 1978.

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    The document lists several major scientific discoveries and inventions throughout history, including the discoverers responsible. Some of the key developments mentioned are: William Harvey's discovery of systemic blood circulation in 1628, Antony van Leeuwenhoek's observation of microorganisms in the late 1600s using his simple microscope, and the development of the stethoscope by René Laennec in 1816. In more recent history, it notes discoveries like the first successful in vitro fertilization and birth of a "test tube baby" by Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe in 1978.

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    Inventions and

    Discoveries
    By Dr Vipan Goyal
    Name of inventions/discoveries Discoverers & Inventors

    Systemic circulation of blood William Harvey

    Observation of microorganisms Antony van Leeuwenhoek

    Simple microscope Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Stethoscope René Laennec

    First test tube baby Robert Edward and Patrick Steptoe

    Vaccination Edward Jenner

    Vitamin Casimir Funk

    DNA Structure James Watson and Francis Crick


    Name of inventions/discoveries Discoverers & Inventors

    DNA Fingerprinting Alec Jeffreys

    Electrocardiogram (ECG) Willem Einthoven

    5 kingdom classification R. H. Whittaker

    Heart transplantation first performed Christiaan Barnard

    Insulin Frederick Banting and Charles H. Best

    Penicillin Alexander Fleming

    Polio vaccine Jonas Salk and a team

    Rh factor in human blood Dr. Alexander S. Wiener and Karl


    Landsteiner
    Name of inventions/discoveries Discoverers & Inventors

    Blood group (ABO group) Karl Landsteiner

    Binomial nomenclature Carl Linnaeus

    Bacteria (& protozoa) Van Leeuwenhoek

    Jarvik-7 (first artificial heart) Willem Johan Kolff and Robert Jarvik

    Anthrax vaccine Pasteur

    Cell Robert Hooke

    Cell Theory Schleiden and Schwann

    Nucleus Robert Brown


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