History of Medicine

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  • Period: 400 to Jan 1, 1400

    Dark and Middle Ages

    -The study of medical science stopped for over 1000 years.
    -Medicine practiced only in monastaries and convents.
    -Used herbal medicine
    -There were many plagues and epidemics
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    The Renaissance

    -Rebirth of science
    -Medical schools were built
    -Printing press was made which made books possible and helped share knowledge
    -Accepted the study of the body by dissection
  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

    -Andreas Vesalius and Leonardo Da Vinci dissected human bodies
    -William Harvy decribed the circulation of blood
    -Anton Von Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope.
  • Edward Jenner develped a vaccine for smallpox

    Edward Jenner develped a vaccine for smallpox

  • Period: to

    Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

    -Joseph Lister was the first docotr to use an antiseptic during surgery to prevent infection.
    -Ignas Semmelweiss identified the cause of maternal infections and isnstituedhand washing
    -Louis Pasteur - Rabies vaccine proved that microorganisms caused diseans and heating milk prevented basteria.
    -Robert Koch "Father of Microbiology" discovered many disease-causing organisms
    -Sigmund Freund studied effects of the unconscious mind on the body. Determine mind and body work together.
  • Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope

    Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope

  • Ben Franklin invented bifocals

    Ben Franklin invented bifocals

  • Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to qualify as a doctor in the US

    Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to qualify as a doctor in the US

  • Florence Nightingale started the first school of nursing and made nursing an honorable profession.

  • Cara Barton "Angel of the Battlefield" established the American Red Cross

  • Wihelm Roestgen disvovered x-rays

    Wihelm Roestgen disvovered x-rays

  • Marie Curie isolated radium

  • Alexander Fleming disoverd penicillin, the first anitbiotic.

    Alexander Fleming disoverd penicillin, the first anitbiotic.

  • Jonas Salk discovered an altered polio virus vaccine.

  • Alberty Sabin created the oral polio vaccine.

  • Christian Barnard performed the workds first heart transplant surgery

    Christian Barnard performed the workds first heart transplant surgery

  • Louise Brown is the first test tube baby

  • AIDs is named

  • Announced AIDs to the world

  • Period: to

    Newer Inventions and Procedures

    -Tussue Cloning is the process used to create identical coble of an original
    -Gene Therapy is the insertion of genes into an individual's cells and tissue to treat a disease.
    -Advanced Body Imaging are diagnostic and screening tools
    -Gene Mapping is mapping genes to specific locations on chromosomes
    -Microsurgeries is survery on minute body parts or cells w/ aid of microscope and specialized instruments.
    -Advances in scope surgery.