Medical History By taylorsagerjean1 Jan 1, 1440 The invention of the printing press Jan 1, 1724 Gabriel Fahrenheit created the first mecury thermometer Jan 1, 1757 Chinese used acupuncture to relieve pain Jan 1, 1760 Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals Jan 1, 1784 Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals Jan 1, 1786 Edward Jenner found the vaccination for small pox Jan 1, 1796 Edmard Jenner developed a vaccine for small pox Jan 1, 1816 Rene Lethrope invented the sethoscope Jan 1, 1862 Louis Pasteur began pasturizing milk to kill beacteria Jan 1, 1865 Joseph Listerbegan using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery Jan 1, 1866 Gregory Mendel established the patterns of heredity Jan 1, 1867 Joesph Lister used antiseptics durin surgery Jan 1, 1870 Dorthea Dix became the founder or modern nursing Jan 1, 1877 Rober Koch isolated Bacillus anthracis Jan 1, 1880 Public Heath System Started by government Jan 1, 1881 Clara Barton founded the Red Cross Jan 1, 1882 Robert Koch dicovered the Tuberculosis bacillus Jan 1, 1883 Robert Koch developed the culture plate method Jan 1, 1895 William Roentgen discovered X-rays Jan 1, 1910 Marie Curie isolated radium Jan 1, 1913 The first gene mapping Jan 1, 1920 Sigmond Frued started studing the effects of the unconcious mind Jan 1, 1928 Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin Jan 1, 1947 Jonas Salk discovered an altered Polio vaccine Jan 1, 1952 Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine Jan 1, 1960 First microsurgery Jan 1, 1967 Christian Barnard preformed the worlds first heart transplant surgery Jan 1, 1978 First test tube baby was discovered Jan 1, 1987 Circulation of blood was discovered bhy William Harvey Jan 1, 2003 Dolly the sheep was the first tissue cloning
