Editing History of Medicine (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Applying</span> ==
'''Modeling 'The Doubling of Life' (Average life expectancy over time):'''
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def estimate_lifespan(year):
    """
    Shows the impact of medical breakthroughs.
    """
    if year < 1850:
        return 35 # Pre-Germ Theory
    elif year < 1920:
        return 45 # Sanitation / First Vaccines
    elif year < 1950:
        return 65 # Antibiotics
    else:
        return 80 # Modern Era (Genomics/Heart Meds)

years = [1500, 1850, 1930, 2024]
for y in years:
    print(f"Year {y}: Average Lifespan ~{estimate_lifespan(y)} years")
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; Medical Landmarks
: '''The Canon of Medicine (1025)''' → Avicenna's encyclopedia that was the standard medical text in Europe and the Islamic world for 600 years.
: '''Smallpox Eradication (1980)''' → The first (and so far only) time humanity has completely wiped a human disease off the face of the Earth.
: '''The First Heart Transplant (1967)''' → Christian Barnard's breakthrough that proved we could "Swap" failing organs.
: '''The Human Genome Project (2003)''' → Mapping the entire "Instruction Manual" of a human being.
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