History of Medicine

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  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500

    Middle Ages

  • Difference between smallpox and measles is discovered
    900

    Difference between smallpox and measles is discovered

  • 1000

    Beginning of Medical Care Regulation

  • 1300

    Islamic hospitals founded; healthcare for the sick.

  • 1350

    Christian monasteries founded to treat the ill.

  • Jacoba Felicie
    1400

    Jacoba Felicie

    A woman practicing medicine without a license. Tried and banned from practicing medicine.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1501 to

    Renaissance

  • Use of scientific method begins.

  • Human anatomical studies allowed.

  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke

    Coined the term "cells"
  • Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria.

    Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria.

  • Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas.

  • Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope.

  • Edward Jenner discovers first vaccination.

  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Louis Pasteur

    Louis Pasteur

    Discovered principle of pasteurization.
  • Robert Koch

    Robert Koch

    Discovers pathogens.
  • Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity.

    Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity.

  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Discovery of organ transplants, X-rays, radium for cancer treatment, MRI, CAT scans.

  • Alexandar Fleming

    Alexandar Fleming

    Discovers penicillin.

  • First HMO insurance.

  • Salk discovers polio vaccine.

    Salk discovers polio vaccine.

  • WHO declares smallpox eradicated.

  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • Steve Thomas

    Steve Thomas

    Used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment.

  • The completion of the human genome project identifies a complete set of DNA that allows for new medications and treatments.

  • Gardasil approved by FDA.

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

  • First FDA approved implanted AbioCor heart placed in patient.

    First FDA approved implanted AbioCor heart placed in patient.