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Jan 1, 1000
First school of medicine
The first school of medicine was established in Salerno, Italy during the 1000s -
Jan 1, 1200
Public Hygeine
The first strict measures for control of public hygiene was instituded during the 1200s -
Jan 1, 1300
First dissection
During the 1300s the first dissections of human corpses were demonstrated. -
Jan 1, 1400
Midwives
During the 1400s, the first regulations of midwives were recorded. -
Jan 1, 1440
Social Event!
The first Printing Press was invented, this made it possible for people to actually record and write down events throughout history. -
Period: Jan 1, 1492 to
Surgery
Barber-suregeons had their own books on abdominal injuries, anal fistulae, bladder stones, and cataracts, and their treatments involved primarly cauterzing and bloodletting, a means of ridding the body of poisons by opening a vein. Laws against dissecting human corpses also began to relax during the Renaissance. -
Jan 1, 1500
Human anatomy
The first scientific study of human anatomy was published during the 1500s. -
Jan 1, 1500
Accupuncture
During the ancient times, the Chinese created an alternative medicine; acupuncture. This form of alternative medicine is over 5000 years old. -
Social Event
A Dutch spectacle maker created the microscope in 1590, this would help the health field by being able to see bacteria, and viruses along with other microscopic things. -
Discovery of Bacteria
During the 1600s blood circulation was first described, and bacteria was discovered. -
Licenses
First law requiring licensed medical practitioners and obstetrics established as aseparate branch of medicine all occured during the 1700s. -
Social Event!
Benjamin Frankling flies a kite and invents the lightning rod. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin invented the bifocals in the 18th century. -
Social Event!
The first life insurance policy was issued in the United States. -
Social Event!
America was "founded" or declared independent from Britain. -
Social Event
Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin. Argueably this invention led to the civil war because of the argument over cotton. -
Social Event!
The first ambulance was used. -
Social Event!
Francois Appert invents the first food preserving jar. -
Smallpox
Edward Jenner developed the vaccine for smallpox. -
Social Event!
Alessandro Volta invents the battery. -
Period: to
Addiction and Antitoxin
Federal controls over drug supply didn't begin until 1848, when congress required the U.S. customs Service to stop entry of adulterated drugs from overseas. For the first time medicine was truly capable of curing an infectious disease that threatened the children of every home in the nation. -
Anesthetics
The first practical anesthetic was introduced. -
Pasteurizing
Louis Pasteur began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria. -
Civil War
The beginning of the Civil War. -
Heredity
Gregor Mendel established the patterns of heredity, by using the pea plant. -
Social Event
Alexandar Graham Bell was credited with the invention of the telephone, which made communication more simple and fast than the telegraph. -
Germs
The germ theory was introduced. The germ theory is a proposal that microorganisms are the cause of many diseases. This proposal came from Louis Pasteur a French microbiologist. -
RedCross
Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. -
Rabies
The rabies vaccination was discovered. And rabies is a deadly viral infection that is mostly spread through infected animals. -
X-rays
William Roentgen discovered x-rays. -
Blood Type
During the 1900s the four major blood types were discovered: O, A, B, and AB. -
Radium
Marie curie isolated radium, she then later died of radiology. -
Antiobiotics
The first antibiotic drug, penicillin was discovered -
Penicillin
Sir Alexandar Flemming discovered penicillin in 1928 -
Polio
The first successful polio vaccine was discovered. -
Polio
The polio vaccine was developed by Jonas Salk -
Birth Control
Birth control pill was introduced -
Transplant
The first successful heart transplant occured in 1967. -
Testtube
The first test-tube baby was born in 1978 -
AIDS
AIDS was first recognized by the Centeres for Disease Control and Prevention (however the first AIDS-like cases were recorded more than a century earlier.) -
Social Event!
A huge poison gas leak occured in Bhopal, India. Considered one of the worst industrial accidents in history, left thousands dead from poison. -
Social Event!
In 850 A.D. during the Tang Dynasty the Chinese had finally successfully invented gunpowder.
