Medical Investigations 1 By maryp12 Period: 500 to Jan 20, 2015 History of Medicine Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 The Middle Ages Jan 1, 1000 Medical care becomes more regular. Jan 1, 1300 Islamic hospitals;health care for the sick Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1700 Renaissance Period Jan 1, 1350 Christian monasteries were founded to treat the ill. Jan 1, 1400 Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tried to practice medicine but is denied. Jan 1, 1500 People began to look for the real causes of what they saw around them. Jan 1, 1600 Doctors could propose an explanation of diseas and test it. Jan 1, 1660 Human anatomical studies allowed. Jan 1, 1673 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria. Jan 1, 1700 Francis Bacon He used microscopes to descirbe bacteria. Period: Jan 1, 1750 to Dec 31, 1900 Industrial Revolution Jan 1, 1790 Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa and stethoscope. Jan 1, 1799 Doctors discovered that bloos was carried through the body by large vessels. Jan 1, 1854 John Snow stops outbreak of Cholera. Jan 1, 1900 Joseph Lister discovers the practice of medical asepsis. Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Jan 20, 2015 Modern Times Jan 1, 1909 Bubonic Plague hits San Fransico Jan 1, 1910 Discovery of organ transplants, X-rays, radium for cancer treatment, MRI, Cat Scans Jan 1, 1945 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin. Jan 1, 1986 AZT is used to combat AIDS Jan 1, 2006 Gardasil, a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by th FDA. Aug 1, 2008 Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells. Mar 2, 2022 Rhazes discovered the difference bettween smallpox and measles.
