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The first tooth filling was in the year 659. It was made up of silver and tin.
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The first pharmancy was esablished in Bagdad, Iraq in 754.
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While doing surgery, doctors thought leaving some pus would help the wound heal, but in the 1200's, cleaning the wounds made for better healing.
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In the 1200's, medical education became more popular throughout Europe. In 1231, Frederick II came up with a set of laws for medical education standards.
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Arnaldus de Villa Nova was born in 1235 and lived to 1311. He taught many years in Montpellier School of Medicine, but started getting a reputation as a alchemist. But because he was very good, many thought he was in communication with the devil. Since this caused a big uproar, he was forced to flee where he lived, in Valencia, Spain.
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The Great Plague started in 1334 in China and spread throughout Europe. It wiped out 60% of Europe's population.
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By the end of 1200, glasses were well known in Europe. The first portrait of someone wearing glasses was painted by Tommaso da Modena in 1352.
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The first successful Cesarean Section was when Jacob Nufer performed the operation on his wife in 1500. She was in labor for many days when it was decided that she was unable to naturally deliver her baby.
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Zacharias Janssen is believed to have created the first microscope in the 1590's.
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In 1628, William Harvey accurately described systemic circulation in the body.
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The first successful cateract surgery was performed by Jacques Daviel in 1747.
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Benjamin Waterhouse created the Smallpox vaccine in 1799.
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Anesthesia was invested in 1846, and the first successful surgery performed with anesthesia was on October 16, 1846, by William T.G. Morton. He discovered that a gas could be inhaled at a safe dose, and that was a safe anesthetic.
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Henry Gray lived from 1827-1861. During that time, he created "Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical", a book for medical students. It was published in 1859. It was also the idea behind the TV show name "Grey's Anatomy".
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X-Rays were accidentally invented by Wilhelm Conrad Rӧntgen in 1895 while experimenting with electrical currents. Coming after that was the ultra-sound, CT scan, and MRI's.
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In 1953, Virginia Apgar created the Apgar Score, a way to evaluate newborn babies, and it is still in use today.
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The first successful organ transplant was a kidney transplant, and was performed in December 1954. The first lung transplant was in 1963, first pancreas in 1966, first liver and heart in 1967, first hand in 1998, and full-face transplant in 2010.
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The first baby conceived through IVF (in vitro fertilization) was born. She was born on July 25, 1978. Her name is Louise Brown.
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In March of 1987, the FDA approved zidovudine, a medicine to treat HIV.
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Laser tattoo removal is developed at Mass General Hospital in 1988
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Bernard Devauchelle is a 69 year old man, who in 2005, did the first full-face transplant in Amiens University Hospital.
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Minimally invasive surgery has made scarring a much smaller issue. It started in Cleveland Clinic in 2007 when they removed kidneys through the belly button.
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In 2013, Cornell University made a 3D printed ear. Other colleges have made blood and skin cells. A company in San Diego has been hoping to print a liver, and have a transplant by 2020
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The bionic eye was first in creation in 2013. It uses a camera that sets in glasses, and while it doesn't restore 100% of the patients vision, some can see color.
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Gene therapy is a way to change someones DNA to treat things like cancers and diseases. 2017 was one of the first years where gene therapy started working, and it cured many people.
