Medical History

By krystla142002
  • 400

    Greeks (B.C.E)

    1. Began the study of disease
    2. Hippocrates "the father of medicine"
  • 400

    Dark And Middle Ages (400-1400 AD)

    1. The study of medicinal science stopped for almost 1,000 years.
    2. Medicine only practiced in monastaries and covenants
    3. Used herbal medicine
  • 500

    Egyptians (3500 B.C.E- 500 B.C.E

    1. Earliest people to keep accurate records
    2. Identified specific diseases
    3. Used medicines to heal disease
  • 1000's general
    Jan 1, 1000

    1000's general

    First school of medicine established in Salerno, Italy
  • Jan 1, 1200

    1200's General

    First strict meausre for control of public hygiene instituted
  • First Dissection of human corpse
    Jan 1, 1300

    First Dissection of human corpse

  • Jan 1, 1400

    The Renaissance 1400-1650

    1. Rebirth of Science
    2. Medical schools built
  • Jan 1, 1400

    1400's General

    First recorded regulations for mid-wives
  • Jan 1, 1500

    1500's general

    First scientific study of human anatomy

  • 1600's general

    Blood circulation first described bacteria discovered
  • Elizabeth Blackwell

    Elizabeth Blackwell

    became the first woman to qualify as a doctor in the U.S. Inspired florence Nightingale to pursue nursing
  • Clara Burton

    Clara Burton

    founded the American Red Cross

  • Rabies vaccine discovered

  • William Roentgen

    discovered x-rays

  • Aspirin is introduced

  • Marie Curie isolated radium in 1910

    Marie Curie isolated radium in 1910

  • Period: to

    World War One Began and Ended

  • Sir Alexander Fleming

    discovered penicillin

  • First antiiotic drug, penicillin discovered

  • Period: to

    World War 2 Began and Ended

  • Jonas Salk

    Jonas Salk

    developed teh polio vaccine

  • Birth control pill introduced

  • Christian Bernard

    Christian Bernard

    performed the world's first heart transplant surgery

  • U.S gained independence

  • Edward Jenner developed a vaccine for smallpox

    Edward Jenner developed a vaccine for smallpox

  • First test tube baby born

  • AIDS

    AIDS first recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • scientists clone sheep