History of Medicine

  • 500

    Rhazes

    Discovered the difference between small pox and the measles
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500

    The Middle Ages

  • 600

    Sushruta Samhita

    He was the very first person to perform surgery
  • 600

    The First Surgery

    The First Surgery
  • 754

    The First Pharmacy

    The First Pharmacy
  • 1353

    Black Death

    Black death was a disease that killed nearly one third of the population. Medicine was limited. Physicians had no idea what caused the terrible illnesses and diseases.
  • 1501

    Surgery

    Surgery
    The foundations of surgery as we know it in theory were laid during the Renaissance by the anatomists who robbed graves to obtain bodies for study. The history of medicine is the history of men and women, who by their compassion and curiosity made the healing arts serve all mankind.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1501 to

    Renaissance

  • 1510

    Ambroise Pare

    Pioneered the treatment of gunshot wounds.
  • 1563

    Garcia de Orta

    Founded the tropical medicine with his treatise on Indian diseases and treatments
  • Girolamo Fabrici

    Studies veins in legs and found out that they have valves which allow blood to flow only toward the heart
  • The Very First Hospital

    The Very First Hospital
  • The First Vaccination

    The First Vaccination
  • Period: to

    Industrial Resolution

  • The Fist Painless Surgery With General Anesthetic

    The Fist Painless Surgery With General Anesthetic
  • The Female Medical College of Pennsylvania

    The Female Medical College of Pennsylvania
    It was the first medical college in the world to grant degrees to women in Philadelphia
  • Louis Pasteur

    Developed an anthrax vaccine
  • Louis Pasteur

    Develops a rabies vaccine
  • Karl Landsteiner

    Karl Landsteiner
    Discovered the existence of differnt human body types
  • Period: to

    The Modern World

  • Paul Ehrlich

    Develops a chemotherapeutic cure for sleeping sickness
  • The Discovery of Penicillin

    The Discovery of Penicillin
  • First Vaccine of Hepatitis B

  • Human Insulin was made

  • A surgical Robot was made

    A surgical Robot was made
  • Period: to

    The 21st Century

  • The Human Genome Project Draft was Completed

    The Human Genome Project Draft was Completed
  • Jacques Marescaux

    Jacques Marescaux
    He preformed the first telesurgery
  • The first HPV Vaccine was Approved

  • The First Kidney was Grown in Vitro in the U.S.

  • The First Human Liver was Grown From Stem Calls in Japan