Medical Investigations 1

By SherryLe
  • Surgeons relied on opiates for anethesia and poured wine on wounds as an antispectic.
    500

    Surgeons relied on opiates for anethesia and poured wine on wounds as an antispectic.

  • Period: 500 to

    History of Medicine

  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500

    Middle Ages

  • Jan 1, 1010

    Avicenna writes The Book of Healing and the Canon of Medicine

  • Jan 1, 1140

    Roger of Sicily forbid anyone from practicing medicine without a license.

  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to

    Renaissance

  • The most challenging problems was the Bubonic Plague in Istanbul (Turkey)
    Jan 1, 1347

    The most challenging problems was the Bubonic Plague in Istanbul (Turkey)

    In some areas the Bubonic Plague killed up to 90% of the population.
  • Jan 1, 1489

    Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses

  • Jan 1, 1494

    Syphillis was first recored in Europe

  • Jan 1, 1500

    Zacharius Jannsenn invents the microscope.

  • Jan 1, 1527

    Paracelsus cured a leg infection without amputation.

  • Andreas Vesalius published and illustrated anatomy text.
    Jan 1, 1543

    Andreas Vesalius published and illustrated anatomy text.

  • Gabriele Falloppio descriped the female reproductive organs giving his name to the fallopian tubes.
    Jan 1, 1545

    Gabriele Falloppio descriped the female reproductive organs giving his name to the fallopian tubes.

  • Jan 1, 1547

    Girolamo Fabrizo identified the valves of the heart.

  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Learned that blood circulated around the body.

  • Sir Christopher Wren experiments on dogs and experiments with canine blood transfusions

    Sir Christopher Wren experiments on dogs and experiments with canine blood transfusions

  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells.

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells.

  • James Lind discovers that citrus fruits prevents Scruvy.

    Scruvy is common in sailors.

  • Edward Jenner develops a method to protect people from smallpox.

    Exposde them to cowpox virus. He rubbed the pus of cowpox onto the arm of a gardeners 8 year old son and then exposes him to smallpox, which he does not get.
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • First successful human blood transfusion.

    First successful human blood transfusion.

    They used Landsteiner's ABO blood typing technique.
  • Dr. Paul Dudley White becomes one of America's first cardiologist

    Dr. Paul Dudley White becomes one of America's first cardiologist

  • Insulin first used to treat diabetes

  • Dr. Joseph E. Murray performs the first kidney implants between identical twins.

  • DNA of an extinct wooly mammoth was spliced into an elephant.

    Scientist successfully used the revived DNA to sequence the mammot's complete genome.
  • Persian doctor named Rhazes discovered the difference between smallpox and measles.

    Persian doctor named Rhazes discovered the difference between smallpox and measles.

    Rhazes discovered the difference between smallpox and measles.

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