Medical History Timeline By maciosek95 Jan 1, 1666 Antone Von Leeuwenhoek invented the microscope Oct 4, 1674 Antony Van Leeuenhoek discovered bacteria Jan 1, 1714 Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first mercury thermometer Period: Jan 1, 1775 to Jan 1, 1785 Revolutionary War Jan 1, 1784 Benjamin Franklin invented the bifocal glasses Jan 1, 1796 Edward Jenner developed vaccine for smallpox Jan 1, 1819 Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope Jan 1, 1833 Florence Nightingale started the first school of nursing Jan 1, 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell: first qualified woman doctor Period: Apr 1, 1861 to Apr 1, 1865 Civil War Jan 1, 1865 Joseph Lister used antiseptics for the first time during surgery Jan 1, 1879 Louis Pasteur introduced the germ theory Jan 1, 1881 Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross Jan 1, 1885 Louis Pasteur practiced medicine for the rabbies vaccine Jan 1, 1895 Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays Jan 1, 1910 Marie Curie isolated radium Period: Jan 1, 1914 to Jan 1, 1918 World War I Jan 1, 1928 Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin Period: Sep 18, 1931 to Aug 14, 1945 World War II Jan 1, 1952 Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine Jan 1, 1959 Albert Sabin crated oral polio vaccine Oct 5, 1964 Maurice Hilleman invented the measels vaccine Jan 1, 1967 Christian Barnard performed world's first heart transplant surgery Jan 1, 1967 Maurice Hilleman invented the mumps vaccine Oct 5, 1974 Michiaki Takahashi invented chicken pox vaccine Sep 29, 1978 First Test Tube Baby is Born, Louis Brown Sep 14, 1990 First Gene Therapy to Treat Disease by William French Anderson Jan 1, 1997 Scientists clone sheep Jan 1, 2007 Scientists Discover how to use Human Skin Cells to Create Embyonic Stem Cells
