Medical Field

By Skyjumper22
  • 3000 BCE

    Pre-History

    Pre-History
    Understanding was base on spirits and gods. There was no real medical care, which allowed people to die much younger.
  • 2000 BCE

    Egyptian Empire

    Started to use papyrus along with a better understanding of the human body. They used to believe that the body had 42 blood channels that get blocked by not digesting food right, and that is why you got sick.
  • 1500 BCE

    Temple of Asclepius

    Temple of Asclepius
    Patients would get better through rest and relaxation. They still believed that religion is the only form of medicine and that is why it was done at a temple.
  • 500 BCE

    Roman Empire

    Roman Empire
    The Roman Empire aqueducts, public baths, sewers and drains. Water commissioners were created to allow a good supplies of clean water into the city. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkBfFQ7efqk
  • 100 BCE

    Dark Ages

    Europe and Britain both returned to Pre-historic times.
  • 1100

    European Crusades

    European Crusades
    Europeans went on crusades, their doctors gained first hand knowledge in Arab medicine that was advanced by Western standards.
  • 1347

    Black Death

    Black Death
    People had no idea how the plague started. They thought it was caused by Jews, the planets, or by God. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boMzFm7I1zs
  • 1540

    Andreas Vesalius

    Andreas Vesalius
    Proved that Galen was wrong regarding to the jawbone and how blood flows through the septum in the heart.
  • 1570

    Ambroise Paré

    Ambroise Paré
    Ambroise Paré was the person to create the ligatures to stop bleeding before and after surgery. It helped prevent infections.

  • William Harvey

    William Harvey
    William Harvey proved that blood flows all around the body. This was done by arteries and is returned through the veins

  • Inoculation

    Inoculation was first used in Europe, which was brought over from turkey.

  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner
    Edward Jenner discovered the vaccination for smallpox. This was by using cowpox to fight the smallpox.

  • Humphry Davy

    Humphry Davy
    Humphry Davy was the person to discover the pain killing attributes of Nitrous Oxide.

  • Chloroform

    Queen Victoria advocates for the use of chloroform after having her eighth child.

  • 1858

    Doctor qualifications had to be regulated in the medical council.

  • Germ Theory

    Germ Theory
    Germ Theory was created by Louis Pasteur while he was trying to find a way to keep beer and wine fresh. This changed the whole understanding of how illnesses worked.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JdBH2tys6M

  • Joseph Lister

    Joseph Lister
    Joseph Lister started using Carbolic Spray during his surgeries to fight off infections. This caused a 35% decrease in the number of deaths he had while doing surgery.

  • William Röntgen

    William Röntgen
    Wilhelm Roentgen discovered the use of X-rays. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtX3rYJASik

  • Blood

    This was when a scientist first discovered that there were different types of blood types.

  • World War One

    This was when they first discovered skin grafts for treating patients with shelling.

  • Penicillin

    Penicillin
    This was when penicillin was finished being made. During the drop of D-day every soldier was equipped with it in their first aid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgQBwZxTt64

  • National Health Services

    The NHS was created during this time. They estimated the cost would be $140 million and year in 1950, but was actually $358 million by 1950.

  • 1950 and 1952

    This was when the first open heart surgery was, along with the first kidney transplant.

  • First heart Transplant

    The patient lived for 18 days after.

  • Keyhole Surgery

    Keyhole Surgery
    The increasing use of keyhole surgery using endoscopes allowed minimal invasive surgery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgyPft0Dm2A

  • National Organ Donor register was created