Medical History

By afgnukyang
  • Roger Bacon invented spectacles
    Jan 1, 1249

    Roger Bacon invented spectacles

  • Jan 1, 1300

    Human corpse was dissected for the first time

  • Printing Press
    Jan 1, 1450

    Printing Press

  • Jan 1, 1500

    Medical schools were built

  • First scientific study of human anatomy published
    Jan 1, 1500

    First scientific study of human anatomy published

  • Jan 1, 1543

    Andreas Vesalius writes de humani corporus fabrica

    the first work discussing the anatomy of the human body

  • Zacharius Jannssen

    Invented the microscope
  • Thermometer invented by Galileo Galilei

    Thermometer invented by Galileo Galilei

  • Blood circulation first described and bacteria was discovered

  • Ben Franklin invented bifocals

    Ben Franklin invented bifocals

  • Revolutinary War

    We became a state

  • Edward Jenner

    Developed vaccine for smallpox

  • Louis Pasteur

    Began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria

  • Elizabeth Blackwell

    First woman to qualify as a doctor in the U.S. Inspired Florence Nightingale to pursue nursing
  • Civil War

    Civil War

  • Clara Barton

    Clara Barton

    Founded the American Red Cross

  • Wilhelm Roentgen

    Discovered x-rays

  • Marie Curie

    Isolated radium

  • Sir Alexander Fleming

    Discovered penicillin

  • Jonas Salk

    Developed the polio vaccine

  • Christian Barnard

    Performed the world's first heart transplant surgery

  • FIrst test-tube baby was born

  • Aids is named

    Aids is named

  • Rhazes

    The first to identify smallpox,