Medical History

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  • First school of medicine established in Slerno, Italy
    Jan 1, 1000

    First school of medicine established in Slerno, Italy

  • Jan 1, 1200

    First strict measures for control of public hygiene instituted

  • Jan 1, 1300

    First dissection of human corpse

  • Jan 1, 1400

    First recorded regulations for mid-wives

  • Jan 1, 1489

    Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses

  • Jan 1, 1500

    First scientific study of human anatomy published

  • Blood circulation first described, Bacteria discovered

  • Sir Christopher Wren experiments with canine blood transfusions

  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells

  • First law requiring licensed medial practitioners

    • Obstetircs established as a separate branch of medicine

  • Claudius Aymand performs the first successful appendectomy

  • Vaccination against smallpox developed

    Vaccination against smallpox developed

  • First practical anesthetic, ether, introduced

  • Civil War

    Civil War

    US declares independance from Great Britian

  • Germ theory introduced

  • Founded the American Red Cross

    Founded the American Red Cross

  • Rabies vaccine discovered

    Rabies vaccine discovered

  • Major blood types (O,A,B and AB) identified

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    WWI

  • First antibiotic drug, penicillin, discovered

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    WWII

  • First successful polio vaccine

  • Birth control pill introduced

  • First successful heart transplant

  • First test-tube baby

    First test-tube baby

  • AIDS first recognized by the Centers for Diease Control and Prevetntion

  • Scientists clone sheep

    Scientists clone sheep

  • First vaccine to target a cause of cancer