Medical Investigations 1

  • Galen; tracheotomy
    500

    Galen; tracheotomy

  • Period: 500 to

    History of Medicine

  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500

    the middle ages

  • islamic hospitals healthcare for the sick
    Jan 1, 1300

    islamic hospitals healthcare for the sick

  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to

    The Renaissance

  • Human anotomical studies allowed
    Jan 22, 1350

    Human anotomical studies allowed

  • Jan 1, 1400

    Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied

  • Use of scientific methos begins

  • Robert Hooke- reflective microscope

    Robert Hooke- reflective microscope

  • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria

  • Edward Jenner discovered 1st vaccination

  • Period: to

    The Industrial Revolution

  • Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas

  • Joseph Lister- Practice of medical asepsis

    Joseph Lister- Practice of medical asepsis

  • Ignaz Semmeliweis shows importance of hand washing

    Ignaz Semmeliweis shows importance of hand washing

  • John Snow stops outbreak of cholera

  • Marie Curie discovers science fo radioactivity

  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • First HMO insurance

    First HMO insurance

  • Salk discovers polio vaccine

    Salk discovers polio vaccine

  • AZT is used to combat AIDS

  • Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment

    Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment

  • FDA approved implanteed AbioCorartificial hart placed ina patient

  • Rhazes discovered defference between smallpox and measels

  • Medical care became regulated

    Medical care became regulated