Medical History

By daltonsawyers
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300

    middle ages

  • 800

    Catheters

    A urinary catheter tube drains urine from your bladder. It is one of the oldest and most important insrument.
  • 910

    Persian physician Rhazes identifies smallpox

  • Hildegard of Bingen
    1160

    Hildegard of Bingen

    He wrote the Liber simplicis medicinae book
  • 1210

    William of Saliceto

    William of Salicet was an Italian surgeon and cleric in Saliceto. He broke tradition with Galen by stating that pus formation was not good for wounds and for the patient.
  • The medical school at Montpellier was founded
    1289

    The medical school at Montpellier was founded

    They permitted anyone who had a medical license to teach there, regardless of religion or background.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • 1340

    The university at Montpellier included a school of anatomy.

  • 1348

    The Black Plauge was huge at this time.

  • DENTIST
    1528

    DENTIST

  • Sir Christopher Wren

    He experimented with canine blood transfusions
  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek observes bacteria

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek observes bacteria

  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • eye doctor

    eye doctor

    EYE DOCTOR
  • Benjamin Waterhouse

    Benjamin Waterhouse

    Introduced the smallpox vaccine to the United States

  • The cause and prevention of puerperal fever was identified

    Oliver Wendell Holmes identified the cause and prevention of puerperal fever.
  • John Collins Warren

    John Collins Warren

    John Collins Warren gave the first public demonstration of anesthesia in surgery.

  • The first clinical description of appendicitis was given.

  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • The electrocardiograph was introduced to the United States.

  • Elliott Joslin

    Elliott Joslin

    Elliott Joslin introduced insulin to the United States.
  • The world’s first successful heart valve surgery was preformed.

    The world’s first successful heart valve surgery was preformed.

    Eliot Cutler preformed this surgery
  • Philip Drinker

    Philip Drinker

    Philip Drinker invented the iron lung to help polio-paralyzed patients breathe

  • First polio patient saved

  • McLean researchers identified four types of brain abnormalities associated with abuse and neglect experienced in childhood.

  • Period: to

    21 Century

  • Stuart H. Orkin

    Stuart H. Orkin

    He identidied the first regulatory molecule that puts the brakes on the proliferation of blood stem cells and also preserves the integrity of those stem cells, enabling them to produce functional blood cells over a long period of time.

  • First vaccine to target a cause of cancer

  • Dana-Farber scientists

    Dana-Farber scientists

    They achieved a medical first by using a select drug to drive a patient's metastatic melanoma into remission.

  • 3D printer for body parts