History of Medicine

  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300

    Middle ages

  • Pharmacies
    754

    Pharmacies

    The first pharmacy was created in Baghdad in the year 754, they proved to be very popular and soon were all over the arabic world
  • Rhazes
    900

    Rhazes

    Discovered the difference between small pox and measles
  • Eyeglasses
    1200

    Eyeglasses

    nobodies really sure when they were created but they were popular in the 13th century
  • Period: Jan 1, 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • Black Plague
    1347

    Black Plague

    The black plague was one of the most deadly epidemics in history killing of a third of Europe's population
  • Leonardo Da vinci
    1453

    Leonardo Da vinci

    Among other talents he was an expert in anatomy, and a pioneer in the study of bio mechanics as hospitals allowed him to dissect corpses which was relatively new back then
  • Girolamo Fracastoro
    1478

    Girolamo Fracastoro

    First Doctor to suggest disease may come from pathogens
  • Period: to

    Industrial revolution

  • Scurvy

    Scurvy

    The cause and cure for scurvy was discovered by a surgeon named James Lind
  • William Withering

    William Withering

    He had Heard of a man who had recovered from dropsy after drinking herbal medicine brewed from foxglove he then studied for 10 yrs about herbal medicine and published his findings pioneering the way for sorts of modern medicines
  • Smallpox vaccine

    Smallpox vaccine

    Given to us by a man named Edward Jenner who was curious as to why milkmaids were immune to smallpox
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Insulin

    Insulin

    It was discovered in 1922 but was first tested on humans in 1923 on 14 yr old diabetic boy
  • Penicillin

    Penicillin

    Discovered by a man name Alexander Fleming penicillin was the first true antibiotic and would go on to be used for generations
  • Heart Surgery

    Heart Surgery

    While it was done throughout the modern era Floyd Lemming was the one who revolutionized it by figuring out how to slow the heart down so doctors did go in blindly cutting
  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • Stem Cells

    Stem Cells

    stem cells were first tested to treat a spinal injury, 2 yrs later they would be used to treat blindness
  • 3D printed body parts

    3D printed body parts

    People figured out how to make prosthetic parts that work like the real thing with a 3D printer making it quicker and cheaper to get them
  • Artificial Eyes

    Artificial Eyes

    Known as Argus 2 this device is used to help people with deteriorating eyes see light and color, and in the near future could be the cure for blindness