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Period: 500 BCE to 1300
The Middle Ages
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754
Pharmacies
The first pharmacies where established in Baghdad in the year 754. Having pharmacies greatly aided the development of knowledge about drugs and how they could be made. -
805
Hospitals
By the forth century the concept of hospitals - a place where people could get treated by doctors - was emerging in parts of the Roman Empire. Hospital originated in christian religious establishments. -
1100
Ophthalmology and Optics
Ancient writer believed humans could see things through invisible beems of light so scientist started looking more closely at the eye. The 11th century scientist Ibn al-Haytham, came up with a new explanation for vision through his research on optics and the anatomy of the eye. His work, Book of Optics, would be considered the most important research in the field for hundreds of years. -
1300
Eyeglasses
They are not sure on who invented eyeglasses but in the 13th century the product was well known in Italy. The earliest depiction of a person wearing glasses comes from the year 1352, when Tommaso da Modena included an image of Cardinal Hugh of Provence as part of a fresco in a church. -
1300
Mondino de Luzzi - An Italian Physician
Mondino de Luzzi, or de Liuzzi or de Lucci, also known as Mundinus, was an Italian physician, anatomist and professor of surgery, who lived and worked in Bologna. -
Period: 1301 to
The Renaissance
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1347
The Black Plague
The Black Death, also known as the Great Plague or the Plague, or less commonly the Black Plague, was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people in Eurasia and peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351. -
1390
Discovering New Medicines
The Renaissance period was the age of discovery. During this period a lot of new discoveries where made. Doctors started to use herbs, and other natural mixtures to treat illness. -
The Microscope
Dutch lens grinder Zacharius Jannssen invents the microscope. -
Heart Pumps
William Harvey discovered how the heart pumps blood around the body. -
zsrPublic Health and Books of Statistics
English Statistician John Gruant, who in 1662 published a book of statistics, which had been complied by parish and municipal councils. that gave numbers of deaths and sometimes their cause. So people where starting to think about public health and statistics around the late Renaissance. Also a start was made in epidemiology. -
Period: to
The Industrial Revolution
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Edward Jenner
He developed a way of protecting people from smallpox by exposing them to the cowpox virus. He is sometimes called the founding father of immunity. -
The Stethoscope
Rene Leanne's groundbreaking stethoscope has helped save countless lives since its invention in 1816. -
"King Cholera"
Cholera was a greatly feared disease. Caused by contaminated water, it could be spread with speed and with devastating consequences. The outbreak hit in Britain in the years 1831-1867. It was caused by sewage being in touch of the public. -
The Sanitary Reform Movement
a group of doctors wrote two reports in 1838 on the living conditions in London's Bethnal Green. They drew attention to the connection between unsanitary conditions, disease, and pauperism. As a result of Chadwick's report, though, the Health of Towns Association was formed in 1844, and branches all over England researched and published local conditions. In the end everyone acted on their own to get a better public health. -
Aspirin
French chemist, Charles Henri Leroux, first isolated the 'miracle drug' Salicylic Acid (proto-aspirin) in 1829. His invention later became true aspirin in 1853 -
Lois Pasteur finds Germs
His experiments led to the understanding of germs. This development made it possible to limit the spread of diseases more effectively. -
Growth in Modern Medicine Economy
In American in the 18th century the economy of Modern Medicines grew rapidly. -
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The Modern World
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X-Ray Imaging
X-Rays were accidentally discovered when a German Physicist Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen was studying the process of electric current passing through a gas of extremely low pressure. He won the first ever Nobel Prize. -
Dr. Paul Dudley White
Dr. Paul Dudley White became one of Americas first cardiologist. -
Cardiac Pacemaker was invented
It was originally two poles, one connected with a salt solution soaked skin pad and the other to a needle that was inserted into the patients heart chamber. Despite such a crude design they both successfully brought a baby back to life. -
Smallpox Eradication
The World Health Organization announces smallpox is eradicated. -
Human Genome
The first draft of human genome is announced, and the finalized version was releases a couple of years later. -
Period: to
The 21st Century
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Dr. Kenneth Matsumura's bio-artificial liver.
He came up with a totally new approach in creating an artificial liver. He made one to use things in the body like a normal one. -
Embryonic Stem Cells
Scientists discover hoe to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells. -
HIV Death Rates Drop
The worlds HIV death rates drop due to improved medication. -
Heart Disease Rate Drops in the World
It dropped by 40%
