Medical Investigations 1 By Jazzy John Period: 500 to Sep 3, 2015 History Of Medicine Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 Middle Ages Sep 8, 1000 Surgery is now considered a profession Sep 8, 1100 Dissections and autopsies become a staple Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1699 Renaissance Sep 8, 1347 Black Death breaks out Sep 8, 1400 Frenchwoman Jocoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied Sep 8, 1600 Use of scientific method begins Sep 8, 1622 discovery that the heart pumps blood and has two beating sides Sep 8, 1665 Robert Hooke creates reflective microscope Sep 8, 1673 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Dec 31, 1899 Industrial Revolution Sep 8, 1700 Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas Sep 8, 1796 Edward Jenner discovered 1st vaccination Sep 8, 1847 Ignaz Semmelweis shows importance of hand washing Sep 8, 1854 John Snow stops outbreak of cholera Sep 8, 1882 vaccine discovered for rabies Sep 8, 1896 First vaccine for typhoid fever Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Dec 31, 2015 Modern World Sep 8, 1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin Sep 8, 1930 First HMO insurance Sep 8, 1981 AZT is used to combat AIDS Sep 8, 2001 Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment Jun 24, 2009 First FDA approved implanted AbioCor artificial heart placed in a patient Mar 2, 2022 Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles
