Med 1 Block 7

By Mataya Copes
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299

    Middle Ages

  • Sep 9, 754

    The first pharmacy is created in Baghdad.

  • Physician Rhazes
    Sep 9, 910

    Physician Rhazes

    The first to identify small pox and to suggest blood is the cause of the infectious disease.
  • Sep 9, 1200

    Consilium

    Medical doctors wrote the consilium that describes various diseases and symptoms.
  • The first magnifying glass is constructed.
    Sep 9, 1250

    The first magnifying glass is constructed.

  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to

    Renaissance

  • Sep 9, 1500

    The first documented successful cesarean section in preformed.

  • Zacharias Janssen

    Zacharias Janssen

    Creator of the first compound microscope.

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    An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals is published which forms the basis for future research on blood vessels, arteries and the heart.

  • Canines are experimented on for blood transfusions.

  • Marcello Malpighi

    Marcello Malpighi

    Discovers capillaries
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Rene Laennec

    Invents the first stethoscope in a Paris hospital.

  • Anesthetics

    The first operation is preformed using diethyl ether as an anesthetic.
  • Elizabeth Blackwell

    Elizabeth Blackwell

    The first woman to earn a medical degree in America.
  • X-rays are discovered

    X-rays are discovered

  • A vaccine for typhoid is discovered.

  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Protonsil is used to treat food poisoning.

    Protonsil is used to treat food poisoning.

  • Dr. Jonas Salk

    Didn't cure polio but made a vaccine to prevent it. It came into use this year.

  • The first heart transplant is preformed.

  • Raymond Damadian

    Raymond Damadian

    First to create a full body mri to diagnose cancer.

  • Scientists complete a draft sequencing of the human genome.