Med. 1 Block 6

  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299

    Middle Ages

  • Rhazes
    Jan 1, 900

    Rhazes

    Persian doctor who discovered the difference between measles and smallpox
  • Bloodletting Becomes Standard
    Jan 1, 1000

    Bloodletting Becomes Standard

    Bloodletting becomes the standard form of treatment across the Medieval world.
  • First Medical School
    Jan 1, 1077

    First Medical School

    "Schola Medica Salernitana" was the worlds first known medical school.
  • Roger of Sicily
    Jan 1, 1140

    Roger of Sicily

    Roger of Sicily first stated that doctors needed a license to practice, showing that doctors were now under regulation.
  • Spectacles Created
    Jan 1, 1249

    Spectacles Created

    Roger Bacon created spectacles, now commonly called glasses.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to

    Renaissance

  • Leonardo da Vinci
    Jan 1, 1489

    Leonardo da Vinci

    Leonardo da Vinci becomes the first person to dissect and study a human body.
  • Zacharius Jannssen

    Zacharius Jannssen

    Zacharius Janseen invents the microscope.
  • Blood Transfusions

    Blood Transfusions

    Sir Christopher Wren begins to experiment with canine blood fusions.
  • Blood Cells Discovered

    Blood Cells Discovered

    Scientist Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells using a microscope.
  • Bacteria Discovered

    Bacteria Discovered

    Bacteria is discovered by scientist Anton van Leeuwenhoek.
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Smallpox Vaccine Created

    Smallpox Vaccine Created

    Giacomo Pylarini gives the first vaccination for Smallpox.
  • Louis Pasteur

    Louis Pasteur

    Louis Pasteur discovers that germs are the cause for disease.
  • Vaccine For Rabies

    Vaccine For Rabies

    A vaccine for rabies is developed by Louis Pasteur.
  • Contact Lenses Created

    Contact Lenses Created

    Contact Lenses are developed.
  • X-Rays Invented

    X-Rays Invented

    Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovers how to create an X-Ray.
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Blood Groups Classified

    Blood Groups Classified

    Karl Landsteiner makes the blood groups.
  • Band-Aid Created

    Band-Aid Created

    Karl Landsteiner creates the Band-Aid.
  • John Hopps

    John Hopps

    John Hopps created the first Cardiac Pacemaker.
  • Smallpox Eradicated

    Smallpox Eradicated

    Smallpox is finally eradicated.
  • HIV Identified

    HIV Identified

    HIV is discovered as a cause for AIDS.