History of Medicine

By Kiyra
  • Alcmaeon of Croton
    500

    Alcmaeon of Croton

    He distinguished veins from arteries
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300

    Middle Ages

  • 910

    Smallpox was identified.

    Persian physician Rhazes identified smallpox
  • Avicenna
    1010

    Avicenna

    he wrote The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine
  • 1010

    The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine

    Avicenna wrote The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine.
  • Roger Bacon
    1249

    Roger Bacon

    He invests spectacles
  • Period: Jan 1, 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses
    1489

    Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses

  • Microscope

    Robert Hooke built one of the first reflecting microscopes.
  • Sir Christopher Wren

    Sir Christopher Wren

    Sir Christopher Wren experimented with canine blood transfusions
  • Blood cells were discovered

    Blood cells were discovered

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovered blood cells

  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek observes bacteria

  • Giacomo Pylarini

    Giacomo Pylarini

    He gave the first smallpox inoculations
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • The process of vaccination for smallpox started. This is the first vaccines for any disease

    Edward Jenner developed the process for this vaccination.
  • Stethoscope was invented

    Stethoscope was invented

    Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope

  • Dr. Horace Wells uses nitrous oxide as an anesthetic

  • First vaccine developed for cholera

  • Period: to

    Modern Word

  • The system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups was introduced

    The system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups was introduced

    Karl Landsteiner introduced the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups

  • Insulin was first used to treat diabetes

  • The first vaccine was developed for diphtheria

  • Selman A. Waksman

    Selman A. Waksman

    Selman A. Waksman discovered the antibiotic streptomycin

  • First vaccine was developed for influenza

  • McLean researchers identify four types of brain abnormalities associated with abuse and neglect experienced in childhood.

  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • Paul Ridker

    Paul Ridker

    He found that C-reactive protein predicts the chances of developing heart disease, leading to new guidelines for predicting cardiovascular disease.

  • First vaccine to target a cause of cancer

  • Heart disease deaths drop by 40%

  • Human Genome Discoveries