Med Investigations 1 By allievaldez 200 Galen; tracheotomy Period: 500 to Jan 20, 2015 The History of Medicine Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 Middle ages Jan 1, 1300 Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Jan 31, 1700 Renaissance Jan 1, 1350 Black death breaks out in Italy Jan 1, 1400 Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 31, 1700 Modern World Jan 1, 1440 Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press Jan 1, 1537 identified the valves of the heart Jan 1, 1543 Andreas Vesalius published an anatomy text Jan 1, 1550 In Britian there were 3 small hospitals Jan 1, 1600 Use of scientific method begins Jan 1, 1600 they're doing a lot of research with the medical plants Jan 1, 1600 there was an estimated 500 medical practionsers Jan 1, 1650 People started devloping good medicine Jan 1, 1665 Robert Hooke- reflective microscope Jan 1, 1673 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria Jan 1, 1696 the first clinic in British Empire to dispense medicines to poor sick people Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Jan 31, 1800 Industrial Revolution Jan 1, 1723 Antonie Phillips Van Leeuwenhoek made advances in microbiology Jan 1, 1800 a british chemist described how nitrous oxide has anestheric properties Jan 1, 1800 Several diseases came out including "phossy jaw" Jan 1, 1800 Health problems such as typhus and cholera became more common Jan 1, 1800 the electrocardiograph was invented Jan 20, 2015 Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas Jan 20, 2015 Printing press allows for publication of discoveries Mar 2, 2022 Rhazes discovered differnece between smallpox and measles