History Of Medicine Timeline

By Elyza Searcy
  • Period: 500 to 1300

    Middle Ages

  • 659

    What was made up of silver and tin?

    The first use of a substance for tooth fillings, which was made up of silver and tin.
  • What was established in Baghdad?
    754

    What was established in Baghdad?

    First pharmacy was established in Baghdad.
  • 910

    Who identifies smallpox?

    Persian physician Rhazes identifies smallpox.
  • 1010

    What did Avicenna do?

    Avicenna writes The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine.
  • Who invented spectacles?
    1249

    Who invented spectacles?

    Roger Bacon invents spectacles(glasses).
  • Period: 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • Ambulances are first used for emergency transport
    1487

    Ambulances are first used for emergency transport

  • 1519

    Hospital San Nicolás de Bari is the first hospital founded in America, under Spanish rule

  • Who invented the microscope?

    Who invented the microscope?

    Zacharias Janssen invents the microscope.

  • Who experimented with canine blood transfusions?

    Sir Christopher Wren experiments with canine blood transfusions.

  • Who discovered blood cells?

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells.

  • Who gives the first smallpox inoculations?

    Giacomo Pylarini gives the first smallpox inoculations.
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Who developed the process of vaccination for smallpox?

    Edward Jenner develops the process of vaccination for smallpox, the first vaccine for any disease.

  • Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to achieve a medical degree in the United States

  • Black Death

    Black Death

    Alexandre Yersin discovered the germ bacillus that was responsible for the plague.
  • Who developed aspirin?

    Who developed aspirin?

    Felix Hoffman develops aspirin.
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Who invented the Band-Aid?

    Who invented the Band-Aid?

    Earle Dickson Invented the Band-Aid.

  • What was developed for tuberculosis?

    First vaccine developed for tuberculosis.

  • What was developed for chicken pox?

    First vaccine developed for chicken pox.

  • What is identified that causes AIDS?

    HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is identified.
  • What was developed for hepatitis A?

    What was developed for hepatitis A?

    First vaccine developed for hepatitis A.
  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) established

  • March is declared Deep-Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month

    March is declared Deep-Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month

  • What was discovered to target a cause of cancer?

    Discovered first vaccine to target a cause of cancer.

  • H1N1 flu pandemic outbreak and response.

  • Affordable Care Act was created

    Affordable Care Act was created