History of medicine By sydneymcadoo77 Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 Middle Ages Period: 500 to Sep 3, 2015 History of Medicine Sep 8, 1000 Medical care becomes regulated. Sep 8, 1000 Christian monasteries founded to treat the ill. Sep 8, 1300 Islamic hospitals; health care and sick. Sep 8, 1400 Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Dec 31, 1699 Renaissance Sep 8, 1600 Use of scientific method begins. Sep 8, 1620 Human anatomical studies allowed. Sep 8, 1660 Printing press allows for publication of discoveries. Sep 8, 1665 Robert Hooke- reflective microscope Sep 8, 1673 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria. Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Dec 31, 1899 Industrial Revolution Sep 8, 1790 Discovery of blood, cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope Sep 8, 1796 Edward Jenner discovered 1st vaccination. Sep 8, 1843 Robert Koch- discovery of pathogens. Sep 8, 1854 John Snow stops outbreak of cholera. Sep 8, 1899 Bubonic plague hits San Francisco. Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Sep 3, 2015 Modern World Sep 8, 1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin. Sep 8, 1952 Salk discovers polio vaccine. Sep 8, 1980 Managed health care; growth in uninsured Sep 8, 1981 AZT is used to combat AIDS Sep 8, 2001 Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wond treatment. Mar 2, 2022 Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles.
