Medical Investigations 1 By alondraescobedo Period: 500 to Sep 3, 2015 Medical History Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 Middle Ages Sep 14, 1000 Barbers were also surgeons; practiced bloodletting Sep 15, 1200 Muslims and Christians encouraged their followers to help those who are sick and in need Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1699 Renaissance Sep 13, 1300 Jacoba Felice was accused pf perfoming medicine without a liscense and was prohibited to ever do so Sep 14, 1347 Outbreak of the Bubonic Plague in Turkey Sep 13, 1400 Medicals Books can be printed faster due to the the invention of the Printing Press Sep 13, 1489 corpses are dissected by Leonardo da Vinci Sep 13, 1500 Scientific Method was used in Europe Sep 14, 1670 Blood cells are discovered by Anton van Leeuwenhoek Sep 14, 1683 First appendectomy is perfomed by Claudius Aymad Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Dec 31, 1899 Industrial Revolution Sep 14, 1796 Edward Jenner discovered those exposed to cowpox didn't get smallpox Sep 14, 1796 People were inoculated with cowpox fluid thus starting the practice of vaccination Sep 14, 1816 Stethescope was invented Sep 14, 1818 First human blood transfusion was successfully done Sep 14, 1867 Having surgeons wash their hand and instruments before moving on to another patient was insisted Period: Feb 1, 1900 to Sep 3, 2015 Modern Times Sep 14, 1900 Antibiotics were invented Sep 14, 1935 First paper over medical ultrasonics was published by Doctor Karl Theodore Dussik Sep 14, 1975 CAT-scans were invented by Robert S. Ledley Sep 14, 2000 Intricate computerized equipment is used for surgeries Mar 6, 2015 Outbreak of Ebola in West Africa Mar 2, 2022 Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles