Medical Investigations 1 By diana_05 Period: 500 to Jan 20, 2015 History of Medicine Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 The Middle Ages Jan 26, 1030 One of the most important medical books of its time was written by the physician Avicenna jhjglhglkhgkhghl Jan 1, 1300 Islamic hospitals; health care for sick Jan 26, 1347 an outbreak of bubonic plague broke out in Istanbul Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Dec 31, 1700 Renaissance Jan 26, 1628 William Harvey published his new theory that the heart acts as a muscular pump which circulates blood around the body in the blood vessels Jan 26, 1661 Italian scientist Marcello Malpighi identified capillaries which finally showed the link between arteries and veins Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Dec 31, 1900 Industrial revolution Jan 27, 1799 Surgery was greatly improved by the discovery of Anesthetics. Jan 26, 1840 the discovery of the anaesthetics ether, chloroform and cocaine allowed surgeons to take more time and care over operations Jan 26, 1850 Joseph Lister- practice of medical asepsis Jan 22, 1854 John Snow stops outbreak of cholera Jan 27, 1895 X-rays were discovered by the German Physicist Wilhelm Roentgen Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Jan 20, 2015 Modern World Jan 27, 1901 Different human blood types were discovered by Karl Landsteiner Jan 22, 1935 Alexander Fleming discovers pencillin Jan 27, 1977 The last case of naturally-transmitted smallpox was reported in Africa Jan 27, 1980 the World Health Organisation announced that the deadly smallpox virus had been completely eradicated. Jan 27, 1985 A surgical robot was created by Dr Yik San Kwoh Mar 2, 2022 Rhazes discovered the difference between smallpox and measles Mar 2, 2022 large hospitals were involved in the training and licensing of doctors and pharmacists.
