The Olden Times By addisoncopeland 500 Alcmaeon of croton distiguished veins from arteries. Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300 Middle Ages 659 One of the most important contributions to medicine from medieval China was to creation of amalgams for dental procedures. 754 The first pharmacy was established in Baghdad in the year 754. 910 Persian physician Rhazes identifies smallpox 1010 Avicenna writesThe Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine Period: Jan 1, 1301 to Dec 31, 1700 Renaissance 1315 Many historians have believed that knowledge about anatomy stagnated in the Middle Ages. 1352 invented eyeglasses to help correct vision 1377 to keep groups of people apart so that disease could not spread 1489 Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses 1500 around the year 1500 we have the first written record of having both a mother and baby surviving a cesarean section. 1701 Giacomo Pylarini gives the first smallpox inoculations Period: Jan 1, 1701 to Dec 31, 1899 Industrial Revolution 1763 Claudius Aymand performs the first successful appendectomy 1881 First vaccine developed for anthrax by Louis Pasteur 1882 First vaccine for developed for rabies 1887 First contact lenses developed Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Dec 31, 1999 Modern World 1921 Edward Mellanby discovers that lack of vitamin D in the diet causes rickets 1921 Earle Dickson Invented the Band-Aid 1923 First vaccine developed for diphtheria. 1926 First vaccine developed for whooping cough 1945 First vaccine developed for influenza 2000 Heart Disease Deaths Drop by 40 Percent Period: Jan 1, 2000 to Sep 5, 2019 21st Century 2006 HIV 2007 Human Genome Discoveries Reach the Bedside 2007 Minimally Invasive and Robotic Techniques Revolutionize Surgery 2009 Anti-Smoking laws and Campaigns Reduce Public Smoking
