History of HealthCare

By Ethan_Wheeler
  • 4000 BCE

    Primitive Times

  • 3000 BCE

    Egyptians

  • 1700 BCE

    Ancient Chinese

  • 1200 BCE

    Greeks

    Hippocrates – Father of Medicine and made Hippocratic Oath, stressed diet, good air, and exercise
  • 753 BCE

    Romans AD

  • 400

    Dark Ages AD

  • 800

    Middle Ages AD

  • 1350

    Renaissance AD

  • 16th, 17th Centuries

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek – Invented Microscope lens, and looked at tooth decay........Benjamin Franklin – Invented Bifocals, found that colds could be passed from person too person

  • 18th Century

    Ephraim McDowell – Performed the first ovariotomy, Started the wold in successful surgeries.....Edward Jenner – Made a vaccination for Smallpox.......Rene Laennec – Invented the Stethscope....... Louis Pasteur- Founder of Microbiology, Proved that microorganisms cause diseases, Found the basic sterlazitions

  • 19th Century

    Elizabeth Blackwell – First female physican in the U.S....Florence Nightingale – Founder of Modern Nursing, Began the professional education for nurses.... Joseph Lister – First doctor to use antiseptic .... Clara Barton – Formed American Red CrossRobert Koch – Devolped the culture plate...Wilhelm Roentgen – Discovered X-rays...Sigmund Freud – Discovered the conscious and the unconscious part of the brain...Sir Alexander Fleming – Discovered Penicillin... Jonas Salk- Discovered Pollio Vaccine

  • 20th Century

    Francis Crick/ James Watson – Described the Structure of DNA....Christian Barnard – Performed the first successful heart transplant....Robert Jarvik – He Created the Artfical Heart......Ben Carson – Famous for his surgeries to seperate co-joined twins

  • 21st Century