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[Hi, I'm Thomas Calabro] The clinic named for these doctors began as part of St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota

J.L. Petit made the first screw type of this device to control bleeding in 1718; in 1997 a woman used dental floss

From the Greek for "to stir up", the first of these to be isolated was epinephrine

It's what Louis Pasteur used to kill bacteria in his process now known as pasteurization

In 1999 the FDA approved Xenical, a pill that stops the body from absorbing 30% of this that a person eats

Originally used to check for flaws in machine parts, this device was first used on pregnant women in the 1950s

This procedure to correct myopia was first performed in Japan in 1955

Testing this anesthetic on himself, Sir Humphry Davy found it made him dizzy & euphoric

The Anti-Vacks were doctors opposed to this Edward Jenner anti-smallpox method

S. Weir Mitchell invented the rest cure, pioneered post-trauma research & analyzed this U.S. snake's venom