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Study of medicine was prohibited. Focused on saving the soul(prayer and devine intervention). Monks and Priests took care of the ill.
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Rebirth of the science of medicine. Michelangelo and Da Vinci used dissections to draw the human body.
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Causes of disease were still not known and many people died from infections and disease
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Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart.
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Invented the microscope.
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invented bifocal glasses.
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created the first mercury thermometer
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Established scientifcal procedures and introduced the feeding tube.
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Developed vaccination for smallpox.
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Founded in London.
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First succesful blood transfusion on a human.
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Proved microrganisms cause disease, pasteurizing milk kills bacteria, and creatind a vaccine for rabies in 1885.
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established principles of heredity and donimant/recessive patterns.
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Developed the culture plate method to identify pathogens and isolate the bacteria causing tuberculosis. "Father of Microbiology"
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First doctor to use chloroform as an anesthetic.
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First female physician in the united states.
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Founder of modern nursing. Established efficent and sanitary nursing units during the Crimean war.
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formed basis of psychology and psychiatry through his studies.
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became superintendant of Female nurses in the army. Founded the International Red Cross.
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started using antispetics and disinfectants during surgery to prevent infection.
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Founded the American Red cross.
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Classified ABO blood groups.
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Isolated radium.
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discovered Penicillin
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Developed the polio vaccine.
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FDA approves birth control pills.
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A sheep is cloned
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Renewed interest in medical practices from the Greeks and Romans. Bubonic plague broke out.