HIstory of Medicine

  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500

    Middle Ages

  • Barber-Surgeon
    Aug 19, 800

    Barber-Surgeon

    the barbershop symbol meant that they are surgeons
  • Rhazes
    Nov 5, 900

    Rhazes

    Discovered the difference between smallpox and measles
  • Galen
    Feb 21, 1000

    Galen

    Writes a book about anathomia.
  • Mar 5, 1200

    Religin and Medicine

    Christians and Muslims encourage the people to help each othet out
  • Jun 30, 1300

    Jacoba Felicie

    she was the first female to practice medicine, she wasnt licensed.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1501 to

    Renaissance

  • Apr 4, 1550

    Human anatomical studies allowed

  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke

    built one of the first reflecting microscopes
  • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

    describes how a bacteria looks like
  • Black Death killed third of Europe population

  • Francis Bancon

    Francis Bancon

    he used a microscope to discover plague fleas
  • Period: to

    Industrail Revolution

  • Edward Jennner

    Edward Jennner

    Samll pox vaccination was developed
  • James Blundell

    He succussfully transfused human blood
  • John Warron

    John Warron

    Discovered the anesthetic
  • Bayer in German gave aspirn to patients

  • X-ray machine was invented

  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Georg Kelling

    Georg Kelling

    did the first laparoscopic surgery
  • Birth control

  • Stem cell research

    Stem cell research

  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • Started face transplants

  • HPV vaccine

    HPV vaccine

  • Doctor and nurses started to use technology to keep patients medical information

    Doctor and nurses started to use technology to keep patients medical information

  • Heart disease dropped by 40%