History of Medicine By Lilwood 260 BC - Imhotep was named the Egyption king of medicine. Jun 18, 600 Aboriginal x ray art Jun 18, 600 BC Chinese used acupuncture Jun 18, 1816 René Laënnec invents the stethoscope. Jun 18, 1862 A man named Edwin Smith bought a piece of Ancient Egyptian Papyrus Paper and in 1930 it was translated to show detailed knowledge of the human body. Dec 31, 1879 First vaccine for cholera Jun 18, 1881 First vaccine for anthrax Jan 1, 1882 First vaccine for rabies Jan 1, 1890 Emil von Behring discovers antitoxins and uses them to develop tetanus and diphtheria vaccines. Jun 18, 1895 German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovers X rays. Jun 18, 1896 First vaccine for typhoid fever. Jun 18, 1897 First vaccine for plague. Jun 18, 1922 Insulin first used to treat diabetes. Jun 18, 1926 First vaccine for pertussis (whooping cough). Mar 2, 2022 BC - Akkadian clay tablets on medicine survive primarily as copies of Ashurbanipal's Library at Nineveh.
