History of Medicine

By Jevon Burnett
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300

    Middle Ages

  • First Pharmacy
    754

    First Pharmacy

    The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad in the year 754
  • Rhazes
    900

    Rhazes

    Discovered the difference between smallpox and measles.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • 1315

    First Dissection (on a human body)

    Italian physician Mondino de Luzzi conducted a public dissection on a human body.
  • The Black Plague strikes Europe
    1348

    The Black Plague strikes Europe

    Also known as the Black Death, was started by rats carrying the disease. It killed over 20 million people. That's over 1/3 of Europe's population.
  • First Cesarean Section
    1500

    First Cesarean Section

    In Switzerland, a sow gelder by the name of Jacob Nufer performed the operation on his wife after she was unable to have a natural birth.

  • First Blood Transfusion

    The first blood transfusion was performed on dogs in England.
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • The First Open Heart Surgery

    The earliest open heart surgery is dated back to 1801 by a surgeon with the name of Francisco Romero
  • The Stethoscope

    The Stethoscope

    Rene Laennec invents the stethoscope.

  • The First Time N02 was used as an anesthetic

    Horace Wells first demonstrated its usefulness as an anesthetic.
  • Elizabeth Blackwell

    Elizabeth Blackwell

    Elizabeth Blackwell is the first woman to receive a medical degree from Geneva Medical College in NY.
  • The Mosquito is Blamed for Malaria

    The Mosquito is Blamed for Malaria

    British medical doctor Ronald Ross managed to identify the malarial parasite in the gastrointestinal tract of a mosquito.
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • First Human Heart Transplant

    First Human Heart Transplant

    South African surgeon Dr. Christiaan Barnard performs the first human heart transplant.

  • In Vitro Fertilization

    In Great Britain the first "Test-tube Baby" is developed under scientists Patrick C. Steptoe and Robert G. Edwards' care.

  • HIV/AIDS

    HIV/AIDS bombshell struck
  • Jarvik-7

    Jarvik-7

    Dr. William DeVries implants Jarvik-7 artificial heart into patient Barney Clark
  • Dolly the Sheep

    Dolly the Sheep

    Dolly the Sheep becomes the first animal cloned from an adult cell (dies in 2003)
  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • HPV Vaccine

    Dr. Ian Frazer developed the HPV vaccine

  • First Face Transplant

    A Cleveland hospital was the first hospital to perform a near-total face transplant.
  • Anti-Smoking Campaign

    Anti-Smoking Campaign

    The CDC launches the Anti-Smoking Ad