History of medicine By Panda246 2600 BCE Egyptian imhotep describes the diagnosis and treatment of 200 diseases 460 BCE Birth of Hippocrates scientific study begins Period: 400 BCE to 1400 Middle Ages 300 BCE Diocles wrote the first known anatomy book. Period: 1 BCE to 400 BCE Ancient times 60 Pedanius discorides writes de matera medica 130 Birth of Galen the Greek physician to gladiators and roman emperors 910 Small pox identified by rhazes 1010 Avicenna writes a book called the book of healing and the canon of medicine 1249 Roger bacon makes spectacles Period: 1400 to 1700 Renaissance 1489 Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses 1543 Human anatomy book published 1590 Microscope invented by Zacharias jannsen 1670 Blood cells discovered by Anton van Leeuwenhoek 1683 Bacteria observed by Anton van Leeuwenhoek Period: 1760 to 1840 Industrial revolution 1763 Successful appendectomy performed by Claudius aymond 1796 Vaccine for small pox (first vaccine ever) 1800 Sir Humphrey Davy discovers anesthetic property of nitrous oxide 1816 Stethoscope invented by Rene l'annéc 1818 Successful transfusion of blood performed by James blundell Period: 1840 to 2017 Modern era 1887 First contact lenses invented 1895 X-rays invented by Wilhelm Conrad roentgen 1945 First vaccine for influenza 1964 First vaccine for measles 1970 First vaccine for rubella 1974 First vaccine for chicken pox 1977 First vaccine for pneumonia 1992 First vaccine for hepatitis a 2006 First vaccine to target cause of cancer 2010 First vaccine for hepatitis b