History of Medicine By Steph1211 300 (BC) Diocles wrote the first known anatomy book 460 (BC) Birth of Hippocrates, the Greek father of medicine begins the scientific study of medicine and prescribes a form of aspirin Jan 1, 1249 Roger Bacon invents spectacles Jan 1, 1489 Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses Jan 1, 1670 Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells Jan 1, 1844 Dr. Horace Wells uses nitrous oxide as an anesthetic Jan 1, 1857 Louis Pasteur identifies germs as cause of disease Jan 1, 1890 Emil von Behring discovers antioxins and develops tetanus and diphtheria vaccines Jan 1, 1899 Felix Hoffman develops aspirin Jan 1, 1984 Alec Jeffreys devises a genetic fingerprinting method
