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History of Medicien

  • 460

    The father of medicine. Hippocrates

  • 460

    Earliest people known to maintain accurate health records. Egyptians

  • Jan 1, 1110

    Dark Ages

    Emphasis was placed on saving the soul and study of medicine was prohibited.
  • Jan 1, 1509

    Artist who used dissection to draw the human body. Leonardo da Vinci

  • Created the first mercury thermometer. Gabiel Fahrenheit

  • Used acupuncture to relieve pain and congestion. Chinese

  • Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria. Louis Pasteur

  • Edward Jenner Developed a vaccine for Smallpox.

    Edward Jenner Developed a vaccine for Smallpox.
    Edward Jenner Developed a vaccine for Smallpox.
  • Began using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery. Joseph Lister

  • Establish the patterns of heredity.

  • Founder of modern nursing. Florence Nightengale

  • Founded the American Red Cross in 1881. Clara Barton

    Founded the American Red Cross in 1881. Clara Barton
  • William Roentgen Discovered X-rays.

    William Roentgen Discovered X-rays.
    William Roentgen Discovered X-rays.
  • Marie Curie was the person who Isolated radium in 1910.

    Marie Curie was the person who Isolated radium in 1910.
  • Developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens. Robert Koch

  • Discovered penicillin. Sir Alexander Fleming

  • Aids very new in timeline.

    Aids very new in timeline.
  • Ronald Roafan announces Aids to the world.

  • Louis Brown- First test tube baby- In Britain.

    Louis Brown- First test tube baby- In Britain.
  • Aids is named- kept quiet.

  • Ronald Roafan announces Aids to the world.

  • Describe the circulation of blood to and from the heart. William Harvey

    Describe the circulation of blood to and from the heart. William Harvey
  • Began public health and sanitation systems. Romans

  • Rhazes

    An Arrab physicia who began the use of animal gut for suture material.