Medical Investigation 1 By bryanaloisranoi14 Period: 500 to Sep 4, 2015 History of Medicine Period: 500 to Jan 31, 1500 Middle Ages Sep 9, 1200 There may have been as many as 400 hospitals in England. Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1599 Renaissance Sep 9, 1300 Plagues triggered the construction of even more hospitals. Sep 9, 1347 The bubonic plague broke out in Istanbul (modern day Turkey). Sep 9, 1348 The Black Death was to kill 2/3rds of England’s population Sep 9, 1348 The Plague, started off in Asia, and made its way westward, hitting Western and Mediterranean Europe Sep 4, 1400 Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied Sep 9, 1492 When Christopher and his men arrived in the Caribbean, the area became ridden with deadly epidemics. Sep 9, 1510 Ambroise Pare was one of the fathers of modern forensic pathology and surgery Sep 9, 1578 William Harvey was the first person to properly describe the systemic circulation and properties of blood Period: Jan 1, 1600 to Dec 31, 1899 Industrial Revolution Sep 9, 1600 The Plaque kept coming back and caused devastation in several areas uptil the 17th century Sep 9, 1650 Small pox caused over half of Mexico's indigenous population die Sep 9, 1749 Edward Anthony Jenner created the smallpox vaccine Sep 9, 1831 Industrial Britain was hit by an outbreak of cholera Sep 9, 1864 Microbes were discovered by Louis Pasteur Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Sep 4, 2015 Modern World Sep 9, 1921 Insulin was discovered Sep 9, 1952 The first polio vaccine was developed by Jonas Salk Sep 9, 1953 The Heart-Lung Machine was invented Sep 9, 1963 The first human lung transplant was performed Sep 9, 1972 The insulin pump was invented Mar 2, 2022 Rhazes discoverd differences between smallpox and measles
