Medical History By hannahdanczyk Jan 1, 1000 First school of medicine established Jan 1, 1200 First strict measures for control of public hygiene instituted Jan 1, 1300 Fist dissection of human corpse Jan 1, 1400 First recorded regulations for mid-wives Period: Jan 1, 1490 to Jan 1, 1505 Leonardo da Vinci used dissection to draw the human body Jan 1, 1590 Invention of the mircoscope Jan 1, 1600 Blood Circulation first described Jan 1, 1700 First law requiring licensed medical practitioners Jan 1, 1796 Edward Jenner developed a vaccine for smallpox Jan 1, 1842 First practical anesthetic introduced Jan 1, 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell first women to qualify as a doctor Jan 1, 1850 Louis Pasteur began pasteurizing milk to kill bacteria Jan 1, 1852 Invention of the stethoscope Period: Apr 12, 1861 to May 10, 1865 Civil War Jan 1, 1879 Germ Theory introduced Jan 1, 1881 Clara Barton founded the Red Cross Jan 1, 1885 Rabies vaccine discovered Jan 1, 1895 William Roentgen discovered X-Rays in 1895 Jan 1, 1910 Marie Curie isolated radium in 1910 Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 World War 1 Jan 1, 1928 Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 World War 2 Jan 1, 1952 Jonas Salk develops Polio vaccine in 1952 Jan 1, 1960 First bith control pill introduced Jan 1, 1967 Christan Barnard performs first open heart suergy Jan 1, 1967 Wilhem Roentgen discovered X-rays Jul 25, 1978 Louise Brown Born Jan 1, 1980 Aids is identifed
