Medical Investigation 1 By dani2001 Period: 500 to Sep 4, 2015 Medical History Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 Middle Ages Sep 9, 1000 Surgery is consireded a profession Sep 9, 1200 Christian church encouraged to help the sick and needy Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1700 Renaissance Sep 9, 1300 Islamic hopitals; health care for the sick Sep 9, 1400 Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied Sep 9, 1449 An epidemic of Naples broke out Period: Jan 1, 1600 to Dec 31, 1899 Industrial Revolution Sep 9, 1600 Use of scientific method begins Sep 9, 1665 Robert Hooke- reflective microscope Sep 9, 1673 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria Sep 9, 1700 Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas Sep 9, 1796 Edward Jenner discovered 1st vaccation Sep 9, 1827 Joseph Lister- practice of medical asepsis Sep 9, 1866 At least 18,000 deaths caused by Cholera Sep 9, 1884 Cocaine was used as a local anesthetic Sep 9, 1890 Rubber gloves were first used in surgery Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Sep 4, 2015 Modern World Sep 11, 1928 Sir Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin Sep 11, 1955 Jonas Salk develops the first polio Sep 11, 1974 First vaccine for chicken pox Sep 11, 1981 HIV, the virus that causes AID'S is identified Sep 11, 2007 Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic cells Mar 2, 2022 Rhazes discover difference between smallpox and measles
