Medical History

By K3ith1215
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500

    Middle Ages

  • First pharmacy established in Baghdad
    754

    First pharmacy established in Baghdad

  • Rhazes
    900

    Rhazes

    Discovered difference between smallpox and measles
  • Avicenna
    1010

    Avicenna

    Avicenna writes The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine
  • Medicine becomes illegal without a licence
    1140

    Medicine becomes illegal without a licence

  • Islamic hospitals open
    1300

    Islamic hospitals open

    healthcare for the sick
  • Period: Jan 1, 1501 to

    Renaissance

  • Use of Scientific Method begins

  • William Harvey

    William Harvey

    William Harvey publishes An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals which forms the basis for future research on blood vessels, arteries and the heart
  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke

    reflective microscope invented
  • Bacteria is described

    Bacteria is described

  • Plague flees are discovered

    Plague flees are discovered

  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner develops the process of vaccination for smallpox, the first vaccine for any disease
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • the stethoscope is invented

    the stethoscope is invented

  • James Blundell

    James Blundell

    James Blundell performs the first successful transfusion of human blood
  • William Morton

    William Morton

    William Morton, a dentist, is the first to publish the process of using anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide
  • 1st woman to get medical degree

    1st woman to get medical degree

    Elizabeth Blackwell is the first woman to gain a medical degree from Geneva Medical College in New York
  • Karl Landsteiner

    Karl Landsteiner

    Karl Landsteiner introduces the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Earle Dickson Invented the Band-Aid

    Earle Dickson Invented the Band-Aid

  • Insulin first used to treat diabetes.

    Insulin first used to treat diabetes.

  • First vaccine developed for diphtheria.

    First vaccine developed for diphtheria.

  • Sir Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

    Sir Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

  • The Human Genome Project draft was completed.

    The Human Genome Project draft was completed.

  • Period: to

    21st century

  • Jacques Marescaux

    Jacques Marescaux

    performed the first telesurgery

  • First HPV vaccine approved

  • Laurent Lantieri

    Laurent Lantieri

    performs the first full face transplant.
  • The first kidney was grown in vitro in the U.S.

    The first kidney was grown in vitro in the U.S.