Major Medical Achievements By 22jgavin94 Period: 27,000 BCE to 2019 Human Civilization Period: 7000 BCE to 4000 BCE Ancient Egyptians begin Mumification Period: 700 BCE to 1840 Old Medicine 1558 Queen Elizabeth Takes the Throne 1603 Queen Elizabeth Dies 1883 First Sterile Surgery Performed Peformed by Jospeh Lister Period: 1912 to 2019 Modern Medicine 1928 Invention of the Antibiotic