Medical History

By AmandaVang00
  • Jan 1, 1450

    Printing Press

    Printing Press

  • Mercury thermometer first created

    Mercury thermometer first created

  • Benjamin Franklin invents bifocals

    Benjamin Franklin invents bifocals

  • Vaccine developed for smallpox (Jenner)

  • Rene Laennec invents the stethoscope

  • First anestethic, ether, introduced

  • Elizabeth Blackwell became first female doctor

    Elizabeth Blackwell became first female doctor

  • Civil War

  • Pasteurization was developed

  • Germ theory introduced

  • Founded the American Red Cross

  • Rabies vaccine discoverd

  • X-rays discovered

    X-rays discovered

  • Isolated Radium

  • WWI

  • Penicillin discovered

  • WWII

  • Polio Vaccine developed

  • Birth control pill indtroduced

    Birth control pill indtroduced

  • First successful heart transplant

    First successful heart transplant

  • First test-tube baby born

  • Louise Brown first human to have been born by in vitro

  • AIDS first recognized

  • Scientists clone sheep