History of Medicine By Jake Weisbrod 201 Hippocrates The father of modern medicine. 400 BC Period: 400 to Jan 1, 1400 The dark ages Medicine was only practiced by the church. Jan 1, 1200 first strict measures for controle of public hygiene instituted Jan 1, 1400 first recorded regulations for mid-wives Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 2013 The Renaissance The rebirth of science Oct 7, 1400 Medical Schools built for the first time Jan 1, 1500 Da Vinci dissected human bodies Oct 7, 1600 Anton von Leluwenhoer invented the Microscope Jan 1, 1700 Bed franklin invented bifocals and that colds are transferable Jan 1, 1700 edward jenner found the vaccination for smallpox Jan 1, 1800 joseph lister used antiseptic for the first time Jan 1, 1800 Ignas Semmllweiss instituted hand washing Jan 1, 1800 Louis Pasteur found the rabies vaccine Jan 1, 1800 sigmond freud studied the effects of the mind Jan 1, 1800 clara barton established the American Red Cross Jan 1, 1849 elizabeth blackwell was the first woman to qualify as a doctor in the US Jan 1, 1895 William Roentgen discovered X-rays Jan 1, 1900 Albert Sabin created the oral polio vaccine Jan 1, 1910 Marie Curie isolated radium Jan 1, 1950 tissue cloning, dolly the sheep Jan 1, 1950 gene therapy comes about Jan 1, 1950 gene mapping is discovered Jan 1, 1950 advances in scope surgery Jan 1, 2013 Alexander Fleming descovered penicillin
