History of Medicine

By Micah Bixby
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300

    Middle Ages

  • Historians believe the knowledge of the anatomy of the human body originated in the Middle Ages
    Jan 1, 600

    Historians believe the knowledge of the anatomy of the human body originated in the Middle Ages

    Middle Ages
  • Jan 1, 659

    Dental Amalgams ~ first use of a substance for tooth fillings, which was made up of silver and tin

    Middle Ages
  • The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad
    Jan 1, 754

    The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad

    Middle Ages
  • Jan 1, 1100

    Scientist Ibn al-Haytham came up with an explanation for vision through his research on optics and the anatomy of the eye.

    Middle Ages
  • Jan 1, 1300

    Quarantine is the idea to keep groups of people apart so that disease could not spread became a big medical discovery

    Middle Ages
  • Jan 1, 1301

    Invention of the printing press ~ helped anatomists have their work mass produced and distributed

    Renaissance
  • Period: Jan 1, 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • Eyeglasses were invented to help prefect peoples vision
    Jan 1, 1305

    Eyeglasses were invented to help prefect peoples vision

    Renaissance
  • Jan 1, 1352

    Earliest depiction of a person wearing glasses from the year 1352

    Renaissance
  • Girolamo Fracastoro ~ first doctor that suggested that human diseases may be caused by pathogens
    Jan 1, 1478

    Girolamo Fracastoro ~ first doctor that suggested that human diseases may be caused by pathogens

    Renaissance
  • Jan 1, 1500

    First written record of having a baby and a mother survive a cesarean section

    Renaissance
  • Edward Jenner ~ experimented with cowpox for a couple years/discovered that there were two forms of a disease and that only one could help the human body build an immunity against smallpox

    Edward Jenner ~ experimented with cowpox for a couple years/discovered that there were two forms of a disease and that only one could help the human body build an immunity against smallpox

    Industrial Revolution
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Wars with France and in the Crimea led to the improved surgical procedures and nursing care

    Industrial Revolution

  • Telegraphs and the railway developed during this time allowing ideas to get around more quickly

    Industrial Revolution
  • Poor water in the 19th century meant diseases could spread more rapidly and easier

    Poor water in the 19th century meant diseases could spread more rapidly and easier

    Industrial Revolution
  • Typhoid became a known disease in this era ~ its disease that inflames the intestine and is spread with contact of the infection

    Typhoid became a known disease in this era ~ its disease that inflames the intestine and is spread with contact of the infection

    Industrial Revolution
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Ongoing research concentrated on the nature of infectious diseases and their means of transmission

    Modern World
  • First successful human blood transfusion using Landsteiner's ABO blood typing technique

    First successful human blood transfusion using Landsteiner's ABO blood typing technique

    Modern World

  • Dr. Paul Dudley White becomes one of America's first cardiologists

    Modern World

  • Edward Mellanby discovers vitamin D and shows that its absence causes rickets.

    Modern World
  • Insulin first used to treat diabetes.

    Insulin first used to treat diabetes.

    Modern World
  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • Kenneth Ouriel ~ leading name in vascular surgery and research, and he helped found a major Middle Eastern hospital in Dubai.

    Kenneth Ouriel ~ leading name in vascular surgery and research, and he helped found a major Middle Eastern hospital in Dubai.

    21st Century
  • Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells

    Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells

    21st Century

  • Dr. Maria Siemionow did a groundbreaking surgery ~ first full human face transplant in Cleveland, Ohio

    21st Century

  • The FDA approves the first human clinical trials in the United States for a wearable artificial kidney designed by Blood Purification Technologies Inc. out of Beverly Hills, California

    21st Century

  • The success of a ground breaking surgery will determine the future of US cancer patients and veterans with injuries to the pelvic area. On 5/8/16, Thomas Manning was the first man to get a pelvic area transplant in Massachusetts. He is getting better.

    21st Century John Hopkins University School of Medicine is also hoping to start providing the surgery soon.

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