Medical Investigation 1

  • Period: 500 to

    The History of Medicine

  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500

    Middle Ages

  • Regulation
    Jan 1, 1000

    Regulation

    Medical care becomes regulated
  • Islamic Hospitals
    Jan 1, 1300

    Islamic Hospitals

    Islamic Hospitals; health care for the sick
  • Christian Monasteries
    Jan 1, 1350

    Christian Monasteries

    Christian Monasteries founded to treat the ill
  • Jacoba Felicie
    Jan 1, 1400

    Jacoba Felicie

    Jacoba Felicie, a frenchwoman, tries to practice medicine but is denied.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    The Renaissance

  • Printing Press
    Jan 1, 1439

    Printing Press

    The printing press is first invented
  • Andreas Vesalius
    Jan 1, 1514

    Andreas Vesalius

    Andreas Vesalius was born; he would later be considered the father of anatomy.
  • Scientific Method

    Scientific Method

    The use of the scientific method begins
  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke

    Robert Hook creates the first reflective microscope
  • Antoni van Leeuwnhoek

    Antoni van Leeuwnhoek

    Antone van Leeuwnhoek describes bacteria
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Discoveries

    Discoveries

    Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope.
  • Vaccinations

    Vaccinations

    The first vaccination is discovered
  • Pathogens

    Pathogens

    Pathogens are first discovered
  • John Snow

    John Snow

    John Snow stops outbreak of cholera
  • Marie Curie

    Marie Curie

    Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Alexander Fleming

    Alexander Fleming

    Alexander Fleming descovers penicillin
  • Insurance

    Insurance

    First HMO Insurance
  • Salk

    Salk

    Salk discovers polio vaccine
  • Smallpox Eraddicated

    Smallpox Eraddicated

    The World Health Organization declares smallpox eradicated
  • Gardasil

    Gardasil

    Gardasil creates a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by the FDA
  • Rhazes

    Rhazes

    Rhazes dicovered difference between small pax and measles