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Period: 100 to 410
Ancient Romans
(753 BCE-410 CE) Early hospitals developed, began public health and sanitation systems, created aqueducts, built sewers, etc -
Period: 400 to Jan 1, 1400
Dark and Middle Ages
The study of medical science stopped, as the church became the primary means of healthcare. They used herbal medicines/remedies. Dark/Middle Ages were struck with many plagues and epidemics including bubonic plague, small pox, diphtheria, syphilis, and tuberculosis. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
The Renaissance
There was a rebirth of science. Medical schools were built. The printing press had made books possible and they shared their knowledge. They began accepting the study of the body by dissection. -
Oct 8, 1500
Human body dissections
Leonardo Davinci and Michaelangelo -
Described circulation of blood to and from the heart
William Harvey -
Invention of the microscope
Anton van Leeuwenhoek -
Creation of the first mercury thermometer
Gabriel Fahrenheit -
Invention of the Biofocals
Ben Franklin--knowledge that the cold can be spread from person to person -
Established scientific surgical procedures
John Hunter -
Vaccination for Smallpox
Edward Jenner -
First Successful blood transfusion performed on humans
James Blundell -
Invention of the Stethoscope
Rene Laennec -
First Female physician in the US
Elizabeth Blackwell -
Mother of Modern Nursing
Florence Nightengale--started first school of nursing during the CRIMEAN WAR. Made nursing an honorable profession. -
appointed Superintendent of Female Nurses of the Army
Dorathea Dix -
Using Disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery
Joseph Lister -
Father of Microbiology
Robert Koch -
Founding of the Red Cross
Clara Barton--Angel of the Battlefield -
Rabies Vaccine
Louis Pasteur--pasteurizing milk -
Discovered Viruses
Dimitri Ivanofski -
Discovering the XRay
Wilhelm Roentgen -
Developed a vaccine for typhod fever
Almroth Wright -
Isolated Radium
Marie Curie -
AIDS identified as a disease
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First gene therapy to treat a disease
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Sheep was cloned
