Medical Investigation 1 By spencer418 Period: 500 to Sep 4, 2015 History of Medicine Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 Middle Ages Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1699 Renaissance Sep 9, 1300 Islamic Hospitals Sep 11, 1348 Black Plague breaks out Sep 11, 1350 Christian Monistaries are founded to help the ill Sep 9, 1600 Scientific Method begins being used Sep 9, 1626 Heart Valves discovered Sep 9, 1665 Robert Hooke invents reflective microscope Sep 9, 1670 Blood cells discovered Sep 9, 1673 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Dec 31, 1899 Industrial Revolution Sep 9, 1796 First Vaccination is discovered by Edward Jenner Sep 9, 1847 Ignaz Semmelweis shows how important hand washing is Sep 9, 1854 Cholera Outbreak Sep 9, 1895 Aspirin Invented Sep 9, 1895 X-Rays discovered Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Sep 4, 2015 Modern World Sep 4, 1945 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin Sep 4, 1952 polio vaccine discovered Sep 4, 1980 Small pox is declared eradicated Sep 4, 2001 sterile maggots used for infectious wound treatment Jun 24, 2009 First FDA approved artificial heart in patient Mar 2, 2022 Rhazes discovered difference between small pox and measles Mar 2, 2022 Medical Care becomes regulated