Health Occupations Time Line

By HealthOccupations
  • Jan 1, 1000

    First school of medicine established in Salerno, Italy

  • Jan 1, 1200

    First strict measures for control of public hygiene instituted

  • Jan 1, 1300

    First dissection of human corpse

  • Jan 1, 1400

    First recorded reguatlions for mid-wives

  • Jan 1, 1500

    First scientific study of human anatomy published

  • Blood circulation first described

  • Bacteria discovered by Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

  • Edward Jenner discovers a vaccination for smallpox

  • Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope

    Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope

  • Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman doctor

    Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman doctor

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    Civil War

  • First School of Nursing

    Florence Nightingale started the first school of nursing during the Crimean War. She made nursing a desirable and respected profession.

  • Germ theory introduced

  • The Red Cross is founded

    The Red Cross is founded

    Clara Barton "Angel of the Battlefield establishes the America Red Cross

  • Rabies vaccine discovered

  • X-Ray discovered

    X-Ray discovered

    Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays. Lead doctors to see what is going on inside the patient. Doctors are now able to see what is possibly wrong with the patient.
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    World War 1

  • Penicillin

    Penicillin

    Alexander Fleming accidently discovers penicillin, the first antibiotic.
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    WW ll

  • The polio vacine is stated safe

    The polio vacine is stated safe

    Jonas Salk announced to the world that the polio vaccine that he created is both safe and effective.

  • Birth Control pill introduced

  • First Successful heart transplant

  • Louise Brown, the first test tube baby was born

    Louise Brown, the first test tube baby was born

  • MRI was available to use

  • AIDS first recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventiong

  • The First FDA approved Gene Therapy expierement in the U.S. occured

  • Dolly the sheep was born. Scientist cloned her.

    Dolly the sheep was born. Scientist cloned her.

  • Advances in Medicine

    Microsurgeries are performed, Advances in scope surgery were made, Advances in Body Imagery and gene mapping has become popular in the medical field.