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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300
Middle Ages
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900
Difference between small pox and measles
Dr. Rhazes finds out the difference between small pox and measles -
1100
Barber Surgeon
performed surgery, served with military and treated injuries during battle. striped poles we see in barber shops, is a symbol left over from when barbers were also surgeons. -
1200
Beginning of Medical Care Regulation
Physicians and surgeons were licensed to practice medicine. Jacoba Felicie tried the practice of medicine without a license, and was forbidden to practice again. -
1250
Religion
Religion continued to play a role in healthcare. Islamic hospitals were found, and cared for illnesses, employed trained nurses, and maintained stocks of medication. -
1300
Christian Monasteries involved in medicine
Christian church persuaded followers to also help the sick and needy. Monasteries were specialized to treat the sick, who were often known as local healers. If medicine didn't work, prayers and rest would be considered treatment. -
Period: Jan 1, 1301 to
Renaissance
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1390
"Book of Hergest"
The most famous medieval book on herbs is probably the "Red Book of Hergest," which was written in Welsh around 1390 C.E. -
1500
Printing Press
Books were able to be published faster because of the invention of printing press. New discoveries and information would quickly be spread. -
Scientific Method
In Europe, the scientific method was a major change in the way people thought about research and medicine.Scientific method was based on obversation and note taking. -
Robert Hooke
During this time, Robert Hooke had invented of the first reflecting microscopes. This invention allowed accurate observation of patients and symptoms. -
Human Anatomy
the study of human anatomy was forbidden by churches in the past -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner (1749–1823), an English doctor, discovered that milkmaids exposed to cowpox did not get smallpox -
Louis Pasteur
Scientist Louis Pasteur came up with the food preparing process known as pasteurization; he also developed a vaccination for anthrax and rabies. -
Robert Koch
Robert Koch was a German physician who is widely credited as one of the founders of bacteriology and microbiology -
Joseph Lister
Joseph Lister successfully introduced carbolic acid- now known as phenol- to sterilise surgical instruments and to clean wounds. -
Bubonic Pleague
During the Industrial War, the Bubonic Pleague hit San Fransico killing milllions of rats, leaving humans with diseases. -
Period: to
Modern World
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Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins suggests the existence of vitamins and concludes they are essential to health. Receives the 1929 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. -
Edward Mellanby
Edward Mellanby discovers vitamin D and shows that its absence causes rickets. -
Typhus
First vaccine for typhus. -
Measles
First vaccine for measles. -
AIDS
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is identified. -
Human Genome
First draft of human genome is announced; the finalized version was released three years later. -
Period: to
21st Century
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The Creation of Embryonic Stem Cells.
Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells. -
First Human Clinical Trials
The FDA approves the first human clinical trials in the United States for a wearable artificial kidney designed by Blood Purification Technologies Inc. out of Beverly Hills, California. -
"Revived" DNA
In March, DNA from an extinct woolly mammoth is spliced into that of an elephant. Scientists then successfully use the "revived" DNA to sequence the mammoth's complete genome. -
Thomas Manning
On May 8, 2016, a man named Thomas Manning is the first man to receive a penis transplant at the Massachusetts General Hospital
