medical investigations 1 By nicolettemurray123 500 veins and arteries Period: 500 to Sep 4, 2015 the history of medicine Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 middle ages Sep 11, 1000 surgery is considered a profession Sep 11, 1300 pain becomes important Sep 4, 1347 black death/ Budonic plague Period: Jun 1, 1400 to Dec 31, 1699 renaissance Sep 11, 1452 Leonardo Da Vinci Sep 9, 1514 Andreas Vesalius presented the first largly accurate description of the human body Sep 9, 1628 William Harvey published his new theory that the heart works as a muscular pump which circulates blood around teh body in the blood vessels Sep 11, 1665 Robert Hooke reflective microscope Period: Jun 1, 1700 to Dec 31, 1899 industreal revolution Sep 11, 1700 Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas Sep 11, 1796 Edward Jenner descovers 1st vaccination Sep 11, 1827 Joseph lister microbiology pasterization of milk Sep 11, 1843 robert koch discovery of pathogenns Sep 11, 1847 Ignaz Semmelweis shows importance of hand washing Sep 11, 1854 john snow stops outbreak of cholera Period: Jun 1, 1900 to Sep 4, 2015 modern world Sep 11, 1900 Bubonic plague hits san fransisco Sep 11, 1930 first HMO insurance Sep 11, 1952 Salk discovers poilo vaccine Sep 11, 1980 WHO declairs small pox eradicated Sep 11, 1981 AZT is uses to comdat AIDS Mar 2, 2022 small pox