Medical History Timeline

  • Jan 1, 1176

    Independence from Great Britain

  • Jan 1, 1200

    first strict measures for public hygiene

    first strict measures for public hygiene
  • Jan 1, 1300

    FIrst dissection of human corpse

    FIrst dissection of human corpse
  • Jan 1, 1400

    first recorded regulations for midwives

  • Jan 1, 1500

    first scientific study of human anatomy published

  • Developed vaccine for smallpox

    Developed vaccine for smallpox
  • George Washington Died

    think he bled to death
  • first practical anesthetic ether introduced

    first practical anesthetic ether introduced
  • First woman to qualify as a doctor

  • Period: to

    Civil War

  • germ theory introduced

  • Founded American Red Cross

    Founded American Red Cross
  • rabies vaccine discovered

  • Discovered X-rays

  • major blood types identified

  • Period: to

    Learn Most about Health

  • drugs act

  • isolated radium

  • Period: to

    World War 1

  • Influenza

    Influenza
  • Discovered penicillin

  • Period: to

    World War 2

  • Birth Control pill introduced

    Birth Control pill introduced
  • Performed the worlds first heart transplant

    Performed the worlds first heart transplant
  • First test tube baby Louise Brown

    First test tube baby Louise Brown
  • Aids is named

  • First Tissue Cloning