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1400 BCE
Jacob Felicie
A Frenchwomen named Jacob Felicie was tried for practicing medicine with no license. She tried to explain that women were sometime embarrassed to go to a male for treatment but was denied and forbidden medicine practice. -
1300 BCE
Muslim Hospitals
By the thirteenth century there were scores of hospitals in the Muslim worlds. They were there to care for all the sick people and for the poor that were there. These principles led to the founding of the Islamic hospitals. -
1300 BCE
Islamic Hospitals
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1000 BCE
Barber Surgeons
Barber Surgeons did many things. They cut hair, performed different surgeries to treat cataracts, practiced phlebotomy, also served with the military and treated injuries in battles. They amputated limbs and burned the stumps to seal the blood vessels. -
1000 BCE
Barber Flagpoles
The barber pole is a big symbol for when they used to be barber surgeons. After they would perform a surgery they would hang bandages on the pole to show advertisement. Red represented the blood, blue represented the veins, and white represented the bandages. -
1000 BCE
Barber Flagpoles
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900 BCE
Rhazes
A Persian Doctor named Rhazes discovered the difference between smallpox and measles. -
Period: 500 BCE to 1300 BCE
Middle Ages
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Period: Jan 1, 1301 to
The Renaissance
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1578
William Harvey
An English doctor, was the first person to properly describe the systemic circulation and properties of blood, and how the heart pumps around the body. -
Microscope
The microscope allowed much more accurate observations of patients and their symptoms. Doctors could propose an explanation of disease and test it by experimentation and observation. -
Microscope
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Scientific Method
The scientific method is a process used to acquire new knowledge. Instead of using guesswork or the supernatural to explain events and diseases, people began to look for the real causes of what they saw around them. -
Scientific Method
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Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke built one of the first reflecting microscopes. -
Black Death
The Black Death killed 20 percent of the population of London.
While the Black Death came from Asia, people traveling from Europe to other parts of the world also exported some deadly pathogens. -
Period: to
The Industrial Revolution
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Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner is well known around the world for his innovative contribution to immunization and the ultimate eradication of smallpox. -
Sethoscope
The stethoscope has been used since 1816 to save many peoples lives. It is used to listen to peoples heartbeat and more. -
Louis Pasteur
He pasteurized milk -
''King Cholera"
Caused by contaminated water it could spread very quickly. It was a feared disease by many -
Aspirin
It can treat pain, fever, headache, and inflammation. It can also reduce the risk of heart attack -
Growth in Medicine Economy
Modern Medicine Grew rapidly during the 1900's -
Period: to
Modern Times
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X-Ray Imagining
X-Rays were accidentally found when a professor named Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen was studying the process of electric current in his laboratory -
Dr. Paul Dudley White
He became one of Americas first ever radiologist -
Cardiac Pacemaker
A pacemaker is a small device that's placed in the chest or abdomen to help control abnormal heart rhythms. This device uses electrical pulses to prompt the heart to beat at a normal rate. -
Smallpox Eradication
The World Health Organization announced smallpox has been eradicated -
Human Genome
The first draft was announced in 2000 and the finalized version was released years later -
Period: to
21st Century
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Dr. Kenneth Matsumura
He created a bio-artificial liver. It is used to replace a bad liver and help people keep living. -
Embryonic Stem Cells
Scientists use human skin cells to make embryonic stem cells. -
HIV Death Rates Drop
Drops due to new medication -
Heart Disease Rate Drops
Drops by 40%
