Events in Medical History

Spectacles invented

Jan 1, 1249

invented byRoger Bacon

Dissection used to draw the human body

Sep 30, 1487

Done by Leonardo da Vinci

The Mcroscope is invented

Jan 1, 1590

Invented by Zacharius Jannssen

Circulation of blood to and from the heart described

Jan 1, 1628

Described by Willaim Harvey

Blood Cells Discovered for the first time

Jan 1, 1670

Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells

The American Revolution

Apr 19, 1775

Lasted from April 19th 1175- October of 1781

Small Pox Vaccine Developed

Jan 1, 1796

Developed by Edward Jenner

First Public health care agency established

Jan 1, 1798

The Marine Health Service was established as the nation's first public health agency

Louisiana Purchase

Apr 30, 1803

Today that area comprises some 15 states, including all of Oklahoma, Nebraska, Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri. Jefferson

The stethoscope is invented

Jan 1, 1816

Invented by Rene Laennec

First successful transfusion of human blood

Jan 1, 1818

Preformed by James Blundell

First female to qualify as a doctor

Jan 1, 1849

Elizabeth Blackwell was the first female doctor

Disinfectectants and Anteseptics used for the first in surgery

Jan 1, 1854

First done by Joesph Lister

United states civil war

Apr 12, 1861

The brutal war between the northern and souther united states 1861-1865

Abraham Lincoln Assassination

Apr 14, 1865

Killed by John Wilkes Booth

American Red Cross founded

May 21, 1881

Founded by Clara Barton

Cause of Tuberculosis found

Jan 1, 1882

Robert Koch identified the tubercle bacillus as the cause of tuberculosis

Contact lenses invented

Jan 1, 1887

First contact lenses developed

Tetanus Vaccine developed

Jan 1, 1890

Emil von Behring developed the Teatnus Vaccine

Diphtheria vaccine developed

Jan 1, 1890

Emil von Behring discovered the diphtheria vaccine

Discovery of X-rays

Jan 1, 1895

Wilhelm Röntgen discovered how to x-ray in 1895

First Vaccine develped to combat the Bubonic plague

Jan 1, 1897

Aspirin develped

Jan 1, 1899

Develpoed by Felix Hoffman

Different blood types discovered

Jan 1, 1901

Discovered by Karl Landsteiner

Radium Isolated

Jan 1, 1910

Isolated by Marie Curie

World War 1

Jul 28, 1914

Began July 28th 1914 Ended November 11th 1918

Penicillin Discovered

Jan 1, 1928

Discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming by accident

Rh factor discovered within blood cells

Jan 1, 1937

Discovered by Karl Landsteiner

World War 2

Sep 1, 1939

Started September 1st 1939 -1945

Polio Vacine Developed

Jan 1, 1952

Discovered by Jonas Stalk, first announced to the public on April 12th 1955

First open heart surgery

Sep 2, 1952

Dr. Walton Lillehei and Dr. John Lewis preformed the first attempt at open heart surgery

Vietnam War

Nov 1, 1955

November 1st 1955- 1975

Assisination of John F Kennedy

Nov 22, 1963

Occured in Dallas Texas

First heart transplant

Dec 1, 1967

Some time in decemeber of 1967 Dr. Christiaan Barnard preformed the first heart transplant

America set foot on the moon for the first time

Jul 20, 1969

The usa sets foot on the moon for the first time

First child born from IVF

Jul 25, 1978

Louise Brown was the first "test tube" ever born.

HIV is identified

Jan 1, 1983

HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is identified

First clone ever done

Jan 1, 1997

A sheep cloned by Professor Ian Wilmut of the Edinburgh-based Roslin Institute

9-11

Sep 11, 2001

Planes crashed into the twin towers and the pentagon

Smallpox identified

Mar 2, 2022

Persian physician Rhazes identifies smallpox