History of medicine timeline

By paulkellehersmith
  • Jan 1, 1249

    Glasses invented

    Roger Bacon invents spectacles
  • Autopsy
    Jan 1, 1489

    Autopsy

    Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses
  • Microscope

    Microscope

    Zacharius Jannssen invents the microscope
  • Blood Cells discovered

    Blood Cells discovered

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells
  • Anesthetic

    Anesthetic

    Dr. Horace Wells uses nitrous oxide as an anesthetic
  • Contact lenses

    Contact lenses

    First contact lenses developed
  • Stethescope

    Stethescope

    Rene Laennec invents the stethoscope
  • Pacemaker

    Pacemaker

    John Hopps invented the first cardiac pacemaker
  • Vaccine for measles

    Vaccine for measles

    First vaccine developed for measles.
  • Cancer Vaccine

    Cancer Vaccine

    First vaccine to target a cause of cancer