Medical History

By Jaycidiehl
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500

    Middle Ages

  • Rhazes
    900

    Rhazes

    discovered the difference between smallpox and measles.
  • 1010

    The book of Healing and the Canon of Medicine was written

  • 1249

    Spectacles were invented

  • Islamic Hospitals
    1300

    Islamic Hospitals

    health care for the sick
  • Jacoba Felicie
    1400

    Jacoba Felicie

    tries to practice medicine but is denied
  • Period: Jan 1, 1501 to

    Renaissance

  • Use of scientific method begins

  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke

    reflective microscope
  • Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

    Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

    describes bacteria

  • Microscope was used to discover plague fleas

  • The first successful appendectomy was performed

  • discovery of the 1st vaccination

  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Ignaz Semmelweis

    Ignaz Semmelweis

    shows importance of hand washing
  • John Snow

    John Snow

    stops outbreak of Chloera
  • Marie Curie

    Marie Curie

    discovers science of radioactivity

  • Bubonic Plague hits San Fransico

  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Alexander Fleming

    Alexander Fleming

    discovers penicillin

  • first HMO insurance

  • Salk

    discovers polio vaccine

  • Managed health care, growth in uninsured

  • AZT is used to combat AIDS

  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • Steve Thomas

    Steve Thomas

    used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment

  • Gardasil, a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by the FDA

  • Laurent Lantieri

    Laurent Lantieri

    performs the first full face transplant

  • Scientists discover how to use human skill cells to create embryonic stem cells

  • the first FDA approved implanted AbioCor artificial heart placed in a patient on June 24