History of Medicine By tatum.f Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 Middle Ages 754 First pharmacy established in Baghdad Jun 21, 900 Rhazes Discovered the difference between measles and smallpox. 1249 Roger Bacon invents spectacles 1400 Jacoba Felicie A Frenchwoman tries to practice medicine but is denied. 1500 The first written record of both a mother and child surviving cesarean section. Period: Jan 1, 1501 to Dec 31, 1795 Renaissance 1590 Zacharius Jannssen discovers the microscope 1670 Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells 1673 Antenie Van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria 1700 Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas 1763 Claudius Aymand performs the first successful appendectomy 1796 Edward Jenner discovered first vaccination Period: Jan 1, 1796 to Dec 31, 1900 The Industrial Revolution 1847 Ignaz Semmelueis shows importance of handwashing 1854 John Snow stops outbreak of cholera 1897 Marie Curie discovers science of Radiology 1900 1900 Bubonic plague hits San Francisco 1901 Karl Landsteiner introduces the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups Period: Jan 1, 1901 to Dec 31, 1999 Modern World 1922 Insulin first used to treat diabetes 1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin 1928 Salk discovers polo vaccine 1930 First HMO insurance Period: Jan 1, 2000 to Sep 1, 2017 21st Century 2003 Scientists complete draft sequencing of the human genome 2006 First vaccine to target a cause of cancer 2006 First HPV vaccine approved by FDA 2006 Stem cell research peaks 2008 The first full face transplant done
