History of Medicine

By Kelsey Hintz
  • 410

    Ancient Romans

    Ancient Romans
    FIrst to organize medical care by providing care for injured soldiers.
  • 410

    Ancient romans

    Ancient romans
    Early hospitals developed when physicians cared for ill people in rooms in there homes. Later hospitals were religious and charitable institutons housed in monasteries and convents.
  • Jan 1, 1214

    Renaissance

    Rodger Bacon promoted chemical remedies to treat diseases and researched optics and refraction (bending of light rays.)
  • Jan 1, 1350

    Renaissance

    Renaissance
    The rebirth of science and medicine.
  • Jan 1, 1350

    Renaissance

    Renaissance
    The practice of disecting the body began to allow a better understanding of anatomy and physiology.
  • Jan 1, 1400

    Renaissance

    Renaissance
    development of the printing press allowed knowledge to be spread to others.
  • Jan 1, 1501

    16th century

    Causes of disease were still not known and many people died from infections and puerperal (childbirth) fever.
  • Jan 1, 1501

    16th and 17th century

    The life span expectancy went up to the ages between 35 and 40 years of age.
  • Jan 1, 1510

    16th century

    16th century
    Ambroise Pare (a surgeon) established the use of ligatures to bind arteries to stop bleeding and eliminated the use of boiling water to cauterize wounds.

  • 17th century

    William Harvey described the circulation of blood to and from the heart.

  • 17th century

    Anton Van Leeuwenhoek invented the micrscope.

  • 18th century

    The average life span continued to move up and was ages 40 to 50

  • 18th century

    Benjamin Franklin discovered bifocals for glasses.

  • 18th century

    Gabriel Fahrenheit created the first mercury thermometer.

  • 19th century

    Average life span went up to 40-60 years of age

  • 19th century

    first successful blood transfusion wa performed on humans by James Bundell.

  • 19th century

    Gregory Mendel established principles of heredity and dominant/ recessive patterns.

  • 20th century

    Walter Reed demonstrated that mosquitos carry the yellow fever

  • 20th century

    The life span went up to 60-70 years of age.

  • 20th century

    The first successful kidney transplant was performed by Joseph Murray

  • 20th century

    Genetic engineering led to development of vaccines against, hepatitis, herpes simplex, and chicken pox.

  • 21st century

    cures for AIDS, cancer, and heart disease are found

  • 21st century

    transplants in every organ of the body including the brain are possible.

  • 21st century

    The average life span is increased to 90-100 years of age

  • Dark Ages

    Dark Ages
    Emphasis was placed on saving the soul and the study of medicine was prohibited. Prayer and devine intervention was used to treat illness and disease.

  • dark ages

    Monks and priests provided cusodial care for sick people. The average life span was 20 to 30 years old.

  • Middle Ages

    Middle Ages
    Major diseases were smallpox, diphtheria, tuberculosis, typhoid, the plague, and malaria.

  • Middle Ages

    Middle Ages
    Arabs began requiring that physicians pass examination tests and obtain licenses.