History of Medicine

  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500

    Middle Ages

  • 754

    The first pharmacy was made in Baghdad

    The first pharmacy was made in Baghdad
  • 900

    Rhazees

    Rhazees
    Discovered the difference between smallpox and measles
  • 1305

    Eyeglasses where invented

  • 1315

    Dissection of the human body

  • 1500

    First successful cesarean section

  • Period: Jan 1, 1501 to

    Renaissanse

  • Use of scientific method

  • discovered the heart pumped blood throughout the body

  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke
    Made the reflective microscope
  • Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

    Described Bacteria
  • Plague fleas are discovered using a microscope

    Plague fleas are discovered using a microscope
  • 1st vaccination discovered

  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Discovery of pathogens

  • John Snow

    John Snow
    Stops the outbreak of cholera
  • Marie Curie

    Marie Curie
    Discovers science of radioactivity
  • Bubonic Plague hits San Francisco

  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Alexander Fleming

    Alexander Fleming
    Discovers penicillin
  • First HMO insurance

  • Polio vaccine discovered

  • AZT is used to combat AIDS

  • Smallpox declared eradicated

    Smallpox declared eradicated
  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • Steve Thomas

    Steve Thomas
    Used sterile maggots to fight infectious wound
  • Gardassil approved by FDA

  • MIPPA provides incentives for practitioners who use electronic health records and e-prescribing.

  • FDA approves firs artificial heart place in a patient

    FDA approves firs artificial heart place in a patient
  • Artificial liver/kidney grown in a laboratory