Rod of asclepius

History of Medicine

By Tynane
  • 500 BCE

    Bian Que

    Bian Que
    Regared as the first physican in ancient China.
  • 460 BCE

    Hippocrates

    Hippocrates
    A greek physician famous for creating the Hippocratic Oath.
  • 400 BCE

    Hippocratic Oath

    Hippocratic Oath
    A document written by Hippocrates. It is a code of ethics used by physicians for centurys.
  • 50

    Rufus of Ephesus

    Rufus of Ephesus
    A physican who wrote about antomy, pathology, and patient care, and who belived in a more pragmatic approach to health care.
  • 130

    Galen

    Galen
    A greek physican to the gladiators. Documented the importance of the spinal cord for movement of the limbs.
  • 620

    Aron of Alexandria

    A jewish physician, who was one of the first people to describe smallpox and measels.
  • 900

    Rhazes

    Rhazes
    A persian physician, who was the first to describe the diffrences between smallpox and measels.
  • 1140

    Medical licenses

    Medical license were required to practice medicine in some places.
  • 1200

    Medical schools in Europe

    Since medical liscenses were required, medical schools started poping up.
  • 1570

    John Woodhall

    John Woodhall
    First to use lemon juice to treat scurvy.

  • Scientific Method

    Francis Bacon formalized the scientific method in the 1600'.

  • Francis Bacon

    Francis Bacon
    Use a microscope to discover plauge fleas.

  • Bacteria discovered

    Bacteria discovered
    Van Leeuwenhoek discovered the single celled organism protoza.

  • William Harvey

    William Harvey
    Published a theroy that the heart was a muscle, that pumped blood around the body.

  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner
    Invented the smallpox vaccine.

  • Humphry Davy

    Humphry Davy
    Discovered the antiseptic properties of nitrous oxide.

  • Joseph Lister

    Preformed antiseptic surgery.

  • Typhoid outbreak

    Multiple typhoid outbreaks occured in the 1800's.

  • First painless surgery

    William Thomas Green Mortan was the first to succesfully use anesthesia during surgery.

  • Germ theory

    Louis pasteur and Robert Koch discovered germ therory.

  • Clara Barton

    Clara Barton
    Founded the Red Cross.

  • Vaccine created for Anthrax

    Louis Pasteur devoleped a vaccine for anthrax.

  • Rabies vaccine invented

    Louis pasteur and Emile Roux created the rabbies vaccine, it was first used on a child who had been mauled by a dog.

  • Rene Laemac

    Rene Laemac
    Invented the sthescope.

  • X-rays invented

    X rays were accidentaly discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen.

  • Marie Curie

    Conducted reasearch on radioactivity.

  • Alexander Fleming

    Discovered penicillin.

  • Jonas Edward Salk

    Created the polio vaccine.

  • WHO declared smallbox eradicated

    WHO declared smallbox eradicated