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In the 17th century, many of the anatomical specimens were dried and stored in cabinets. In the Netherlands, there were attempts to replicate Egyptian mummies by preserving soft tissue. This became known as Balsaming. In the 1660s the Dutch were also attempting to preserve organs by injecting wax to keep the organ's shape.
500 BC – Pills were used. They were presumably invented so that measured amounts of a medicinal substance could be delivered to a patient. 510–430 BC – Alcmaeon of Croton scientific anatomic dissections. He studied the optic nerves and the brain, arguing that the brain was the seat of the senses and intelligence.
The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological list of particularly significant technological inventions and their inventors, where known. [ a ] The dates in this article make frequent use of the units mya and kya , which refer to millions and thousands of years ago, respectively.
In 1924, facial tissues as they are known today were first introduced by Kimberly-Clark as Kleenex. It was invented as a means to remove cold cream . Early advertisements linked Kleenex to Hollywood makeup departments and sometimes included endorsements from movie stars ( Helen Hayes and Jean Harlow ) who used Kleenex to remove their theatrical ...
1961. The cochlear implant was invented by William F. House. 1961. American surgeon Thomas J. Fogarty invented the Fogarty embolectomy catheter. 1962. The first hip replacement surgery via Low Frictional Torque Arthroplasty (LFA) by Sir John Charnley. 1963. The first liver transplant was performed by Thomas Starzl et al. 1964. The laser scalpel ...
In 1661, 1664 and 1665, the blood cells were discerned by Marcello Malpighi. In 1678, the red blood corpuscles was described by Jan Swammerdam of Amsterdam, a Dutch naturalist and physician. The first complete account of the red cells was made by Anthony van Leeuwenhoek of Delft in the last quarter of the 17th century.
Tissue paper, a type of thin, gauzy translucent paper used for wrapping and cushioning items; Tissue (cloth), a thin, transparent, and lightweight fabric; Facial tissue, tissue paper used for cleaning the face; Japanese tissue, tissue paper from Japan made of vegetable fibers; Toilet paper, tissue paper used for cleaning the anus
Researchers report the world's first artificial synthesis of starch. The material essential for many products and the most common carbohydrate in human diets was made from CO 2 in a cell-free process and could reduce land, pesticide and water use as well as greenhouse gas emissions while increasing food security. [150] [151]