History of Medicine

  • Period: 500 to 1300

    Middle Ages

  • 836

    First Medical Encyclopedia in Arabic

    It was written by Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari
  • Rhazes
    900

    Rhazes

    Rhazes discovered the difference between smallpox and measles
  • St Bartholomews Hospital founded
    1123

    St Bartholomews Hospital founded

    It was founded by Rahere
  • 1249

    Convex lens spectacles invented

    They were used to treat far sightedness
  • 1300

    Concave lens spectacles were invented

    They were used to treat myopia
  • Period: 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • 1347

    First major Black Plague outbreak

  • William Harvey

    William Harvey

    Found that the heart pumps blood around the body while studying a dying dog.
  • Printing Press

    Printing Press

    Allowed the publication of medical discoveries
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revoloution

  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Period: to

    21st Century

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