History of Medicine

By EmmaCampbell
  • Period: 500 to 1300

    Middle ages

  • 550

    Christian Monastries

    Christian monasteries founded to treat the ill.
  • 800

    Medical Universities

    In 800 AD the first university of medicine was made.
  • 900

    Rhazes

    Rhazes
    Rhazes discovered the difference between small pox and measles.
  • 1300

    Islamic Hospital

    Islamic Hospital
    Islamic Hospitals started health care for the ill.
  • Period: 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • 1351

    Bubonic Plague

    Bubonic Plague
    Bubonic Plague is a plague caused by bacteria,it causes a lot of bad symptoms like rash,fever,headache,and maybe death.
  • 1400

    Jacoba Felicie

    Jacoba Felicie
    Jacoba tried to practice medicine and doctoring but it was denied.

  • Human Anatomical

    They allowed Anatomical studies

  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke
    He discovered the law of elasticity.

  • Printing press

    Allows for publication of discoveries.

  • Reversible illness

    They used to think that illness could be reversible and go away with some medicine.
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Discovery of Blood cells

    They discovered that blood cells,bacteria,protozoa,and stethoscope.

  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner
    He discovered the first vaccination.

  • Pasteriztion

    Louis Pasteur created pasteurization for milk so it would not e=be as gross.

  • Robert Koch

    Robert Koch
    He discovered Pathogens

  • Marie Curie

    She discovered the science radioactivity.

  • Discovery of organ transplants

    Discovery of organ transplants,X-rays,radium for cancer,and CAT scans.
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Alexander Fleming

    Alexander Fleming
    He discovered Penicillin.

  • HMO

    First HMO insurance.

  • Jonas Salk

    Jonas Salk
    He discovered the Polio vaccination.

  • AZT

    First time AZT was used to attack AIDS/HIV.
  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • Steve Thomas

    He used sterile maggots for infected wound treatment.

  • Completion of Human Genome Project

    Completion of Human Genome Project
    identified a complete set of DNA..which allows for new and completely individualized medication and treatment.

  • Gardasil

    Gardasil
    Was approved by the FDA as a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer.

  • Discovery of use of skin cells

    Scientist discovered how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells.

  • 1ST approved

    1ST FDA approved implanted artificial heart placed in a patient June 24th ,the patient died a month later.