Medical History

  • 540

    Bubonic Plague

    The Bubonic Plague started to spread throughout the Roman Empire.
  • Jan 1, 1200

    Romans

    The romans started public health and sanitation systems.
  • Jan 1, 1489

    Leonardo Divinci Disects corpes

    Leonardo Divinci disects a human corpes to learn about the systems inside.
  • William Harvey

    He described the pumping of blood cells and how the heart works.
  • First Mercury Thermometer

    First Mercury Thermometer
    The First Mercury themometer was invented by Gabriel Fahrenheit.
  • Bifocals

    Bifocals
    The first bifocals where invented by Ben Franklin.
  • Revolutionary War

    The war that freed the USA from Great Britains rule.
  • Invention of Sethoscope

    Invention of Sethoscope
    Rene Laennec invents the stethoscope out of wood.
  • First Blood Transfusion

    The first successful blood transfusion was performed by James Blundell.
  • American Health Care Association

    American Health Care Association
    The American Health Care Association was Founded.
  • Germs Cause Disease

    Louis Pasteur identifies germs as cause of disease.
  • Civil War

    War between the north and south in the USA.
  • Red Cross

    Clara Barten founded the Red Cross to help soldiers on the battle field.
  • Discovery of x-rays

    Discovery of x-rays
    Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays. This discovery allowed doctors to see inside the body to discover what was wrong with the patient.
  • Pasteurized milk

    Louis Pasteur started to pasteurize milk to kill bacteria.
  • Development of Asprin

    Development of Asprin
    Felix Hoffman develops aspirin.
  • Small Pox Vaccine

    The small pox vaccine was developed by Edward Jenner.
  • Patterns of Heredity

    Gregory Mendel established patterns of heredity heredity.
  • World War 1

    A war in Europe between many countries.
  • Band Aid

    Earle dickson invented the bandaid.
  • Discovery of Penicillian

    Sir Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillian.
  • World War 2

    A war in Europe.
  • Flu Vaccine

    The first influenza vaccine was discovered.
  • Pacemaker

    The first cardiac pacemaker was invented by John Hopps
  • Polio Vaccine

    Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine.
  • First Heart transplant

    First Heart transplant
    Christian Barnard performed the world's first heart transplant.
  • First Test Tube Baby was Born

    His name was Lousie Brown.