Medical Investigations 1 By kenzly99 Period: 500 to Jan 20, 2015 History of Medicine Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 Middle Ages Jan 1, 1084 First documented hospital in England Canterbury Jan 1, 1095 Congregation of the Antonines, was founded to treat victims of St. Anthony's fire" a skin disease. Jan 1, 1300 Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1700 Renaissance Jan 1, 1400 French Woman Jacova Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied Jan 1, 1600 Use of scientific method begins Jan 1, 1665 Robert Hooke - reflective microscope Jan 1, 1673 Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria Jan 1, 1700 Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Dec 31, 1900 Industrial Revolution Jan 20, 1827 Joseph Lister practice of medical asepsis Jan 1, 1843 Robert Koch - discovery of pathogens Jan 20, 1847 Ignaz Semmelweis shows importance of hand wasking Jan 20, 1854 John Snow stops outbreak of cholera Jan 1, 1900 Bubonic plague hits San Francisco Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Jan 22, 2015 Modern World Jan 22, 1928 Alexander fleming descovers penicillin Jan 22, 1930 First HMO insureance Jan 1, 1980 WHO declares smallpoz eradicated. Jan 22, 1998 Managed Health care; frowth in uninsured Jan 1, 2001 Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment. Mar 2, 2022 Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles
