Medical investigations 1 By Jtran136 200 Galen, Tracheotomy Period: 500 to Jan 20, 2015 The history of medicine Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 The middle ages 570 Muhammad, prophet of Islam is born. Jan 1, 1300 islamic hospitals health care for the sick Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1700 Renaissance Jan 1, 1400 Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied Jan 1, 1450 Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press Jan 1, 1600 Use of scientific method begins Jan 1, 1665 Robert Hooke, reflective microscope Jan 1, 1673 Antonie Can Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria Jan 1, 1700 Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Dec 31, 1800 Industrial revolution Jan 21, 1796 edward kemmer discovered 1st vaccination Jan 21, 1822 Louis Pateur pasteurization of milk Jan 21, 1847 Ignaz Semmelweis shows importance of hand washing Jan 21, 1854 John Snow stops outbreak of cholera Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Dec 31, 2000 Modern world Jan 21, 1900 Bubonic Plague hits San Francisco Jan 21, 1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin Jan 21, 1930 First HMO insurance Jan 21, 1952 Salk discovers polio vaccine Jan 21, 1986 AZT is used to combat AIDS Jan 21, 1998 Managed health care, growth in uninsured Mar 2, 2022 Rhazes discovered differemce between smallpox and measles
