Medical Investigation 1

By marcos_lionel
  • Period: 500 to

    Medical History

  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500

    Middle ages

  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to

    Renaissance

  • Sep 11, 1356

    The Black Plague

    killed most of europe
  • Sep 11, 1400

    The Great Pox

    french diease; bubonic plague
  • Sep 9, 1500

    anatomical

    Human anatomical studies allowed

  • method begins

    Use of scientific method begins
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Francis Bacon

    Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas

  • blood cells

    Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope

  • Robert Koch

    Robert Koch- discovery of pathogens
  • Period: to

    Modren World

  • John Snow

    Stops outbreak of cholera

  • Dr. Jonas Salk

    Salk discovers polio vaccine

  • Health care

    Managed health care; growth in uninsured

  • AZT

    AZT is used to combat AIDS

  • Steve Thomas

    Steve used sterile maggots for infectious would treatment

  • Gardasil

    a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by the FDA

  • MIPPA

    MIPPA (medicare improvements for petients and providers act) MIPPA provides invcentives who use electronic health records and e-prescribing

  • FDA approved

    The first FDA approved implantdd AbioCor artificial heart placed in a patient on June 24. Patient died on Augest 23

  • hand washing

    Ignaz Semmelweis shows importance of hand washing