Health Occupations By ktburant 400 Hippcrates becomes the "Father of Medicine" Jan 1, 1000 First school of medicine established in Salerno, Italy Jan 1, 1200 First strict measures for control of publish hygiene instituted Jan 1, 1300 First dissection of human corpse Jan 1, 1400 Rebirth of science Jan 1, 1400 First recorded regulations for midwives Jan 1, 1500 First scientific study of human anatomy published Jan 1, 1600 Blood circulation fist described Jan 1, 1600 Bacteria is discovered Jan 1, 1700 Benjamin Franklin invented the bifocals Jan 1, 1700 Rene Laennec invented the stethescope Jan 1, 1700 First law requiring licensed medical practitioners Jul 4, 1776 US Declared Independence from Great Britain Jan 1, 1796 Edward Jenner developed a vaccine for smallpox Jan 1, 1842 First practical anesthetic, ether, is introduced Jan 1, 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to qualify as a doctor Period: Jan 1, 1861 to Jan 1, 1865 Civil War Jan 1, 1879 Germ theory introduced Jan 1, 1881 Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross Jan 1, 1885 Rabies vaccine discovered Jan 1, 1895 William Roentgen discovered the X-ray Jan 1, 1900 Major blood types identified Period: Jan 1, 1914 to Jan 1, 1918 WWI Jan 1, 1928 Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicilin Period: Jan 1, 1939 to Jan 1, 1945 WWII Jan 1, 1952 Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine Jan 1, 1960 Birth control pill introduced Jan 1, 1967 Christian Bernard performed the world's first heart transplant Jan 1, 1980 AIDS is identified Jan 1, 1996 Started tissue cloning, first sheep cloned
