Medical History Timeline

By MorganHalvorson
  • Period: 400 to

    Dark Ages

  • Period: Jan 1, 1350 to

    Renaissance

  • First Mercury Thermometer

    First Mercury Thermometer

    Gabriel Fahrenheit created the first mercury thermometer

  • Lime juice containing vitamin C to prevent Scurvy

  • Vaccination for smallpox

    Edward Jenner developed a vaccination for smallpox in 1796

  • Chloroform

    Dr. James Simpson began using chloroform as an anesthetic

  • Prevent Infection

    Joseph Lister started using disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery to prevent infection

  • Clara Barton founded the red cross

  • Rabies vaccine

    Louis Pasteur created the vaccine for rabies

  • X-rays

    Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays

  • Vaccine for Typhoid fever

    Almroth Wright developed the vaccine for typhoid fever

  • Marie Curie isolated Radium

  • Diabetes

    Fredrick Banting and Charles Best discovered and used insulin to treat diabetes

  • Penicillin

    Sir Alexander Flaming discovered penicillin
  • First kidney dialysis machine

    First kidney dialysis machine

  • First heart-lung machine used for open heart surgery

  • First sucessful kidney transplant in humans

    First sucessful kidney transplant in humans

  • Birth Control

    Birth Control

    FDA approved birth control
  • First liver transplant

    First liver transplant

  • First lung transplant

    First lung transplant

  • First hospice founded in England

  • First successful heart transplant in humans

    First successful heart transplant in humans

  • CAT scan developed

  • Test Tube baby

    First test tube baby was born in England

  • A sheep was cloned

  • Period: to Jan 1, 1400

    Middle Ages