History of Meidicine

Timeline created by LizGrusecki in History

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
10/05/400	Greeks	In 400 B.C.E. Greeks began the study of disease. Hippocrates,"The Father of Medicine", came from this time and place.
09/27/1000	School of Medicine Established	The first school of medicine was established in Salerno, Italy
09/27/1200	Public Hygiene	First strict measures for contorl of public hygiene institued.
09/27/1290	Fra Bonvicino Da Riva	" Thou must not put either thy fingers into thine ears, or thy hands to thy head" - was one of many quotes from his courtesy books about public hygiene.
09/27/1300	First Dissection	The first dissection of human corps was achieved. Recorded dissections don't exist due to the fact there were relgious beliefs against dissection.
10/03/1440	Printing Press	The Printing Press helped spread knowledge about the medical field. Books could be published and studied, making it easier for the public to research.
09/27/1500	Human Anatomy	First scientific study of human anatomy published.
09/27/1600	Bacteria	Bacteria was discovered by Antony van Leeuwenhoek in the 1600's. He described these minuscule, living object he observed with his simple microscopes.
10/05/1628	Blood Circulation	In 1628 William Harvey published a book explaining how blood was pumped from the heart throughout the body, then returned to the heart and recirculated.
10/05/1672	Automobile	The first working steam-powered vehicle was probably designed by Ferdinand Verbiest, a Flemish member of a Jesuit mission in China around 1672. Automobiles contribute immensely to society. They help get from point a to point b, and they help save lives but also take lives and inflict injury.
10/03/1700	Medical Advances	First law requiring licensed medical practitioners. Obstetrics established as a separate branch of medicine.
10/03/1796	Small Pox	Vaccination against smallpox was developed by Edward Jenner.
10/06/1800	Physchology	Stigmund Freud was the father of physchology.
10/03/1842	Anesthetic	The first pratical anesthetic, ether, was introduced. Georgia physician Crawford Long performed the first operation under ether anesthesia in 1842.
10/05/1854	Florence Nightengale	Florence Nightengale started the first school of nursing during the Crimean War and made nursing an honorable profession.
10/03/1879	Advanced Tools	Diagnostic tools, such as mircroscope, thermoeter and x-rays, were invented.
10/03/1879	Germ Theory	Germ theory, a theory that proposes that microorganisms are the cause of many diseases, was introduced by Louis Pasteur in 1879.
10/22/1879	Lightbulb	The lightbulb was invented by Thomas Edison in 1879, people didn't have to rely on the candle for light and more areas could be lit at once. Many health instruments are implemented with a light bulb to see the dark crevices of the body.
10/03/1885	Rabies	Rabies vaccine was discovered by Louis Pasteur through pasturization.
10/05/1895	X-rays	X-rays were accidently discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.
09/28/1910	Radium	Radium was isolated in 1910 by Marie Curie.
10/03/1920	Bandaids	Band-aids are an easy aid to help cover up the wound preventing infections.
09/27/1925	Midwives	Although the presence of a midwife has been in existence since the beginning of time.Nurse-midwives were introduced in the United States in 1925 by Mary Breckinridge for use in the Frontier Nursing Service.
07/01/1941	Commercials	Commercials advertise products, and studies show that when a product is advertise purchases of that product increases. This could be either good or bad. For example, beer is advertised, but if abused it can lead to serious medical issues.
10/05/1955	Polio	Jonas Salk discovered an altered the polio virus vaccine which consists of an injected dose of inactivated poliovirus.
10/05/1960	Microsurgery	In the early 1960's microsurgeries were introduced. Microsurgery is surgery on minute body structures or cells performed with the aid of a microscope and other specialized instruments, such as a micromanipulator.
10/05/1960	Birth Control Pill	The Pill was first given to patients as a treatment for gynecological disorders but in 1960 it was approved by the FDA to be used by every female as a contraseptive.
10/05/1967	Heart Transplant	Christian Barnard performed the world's first heart transplant surgery.
10/03/1968	Seatbelts	In 1968 the usage of seatbelts were legalized, making riding or driving a car without one illegal. This lessened the fatalities and casualities of commuters.
07/25/1978	Test- tube Baby	The first test-tube baby,Louise Brown, was born on July 25, 1978 in Great Britain. This procedure is called in vitro fertilization.
07/05/1996	First cloning process	Dolly the sheep was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell, using the process of nuclear transfer.
09/11/2001	9/11	The fall of the Twin Towers put the abilities of all medical workers to the test. From burns to long - term breathing complications of both the workers and victims have to know be monitored by doctors and nurses.
10/05/2011	Blood Types	The ABO blood group system is the most important blood type system in human blood transfusion. Major blood types (O,A,B and AB) were identified by the Austrian scientist Karl Landsteiner.
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
10/05/400 to 10/05/1400	Dark and Middle Ages	During the Dark and Middle Ages the study of medical science stopped for over 1000 years due to the fact medicane was practiced only in monastaries and convents. People in these times used herbal medicane, in return there were many plagues and epidemics.
09/27/1000 to 09/27/1492	Magic & Faith	Greek physcians relied on magic and faith to cure people and to heal them.
10/03/1492 to 10/03/1776	Surgery and a Shave	The barber completed surgeries and haircuts.
10/03/1800 to 10/03/1900	Addiction and Antitoxin	Explosion in both population and illness. Drugs were given out to ease the pain and prevent infection, but instead people became addicted.
09/28/1856 to 09/28/1863	Heredity	Gregory Mendel established the patterns of heredity.
10/03/1861 to 10/03/1865	Civil War	Civil War brought together the team of the red cross. Founded by Clara Barton. The wounds were unknown to experienced workers forcing them to expand their studies.