Medical Investigations 1

  • Period: 500 to

    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

    Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick
  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to

    Renaissance

  • Jan 1, 1400

    French Woman Jacova Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied

  • Use of scientific method begins

  • Robert Hooke - reflective microscope

    Robert Hooke - reflective microscope
  • Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria

  • Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas

    Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Joseph Lister practice of medical asepsis

  • Robert Koch - discovery of pathogens

    Robert Koch - discovery of pathogens
  • Ignaz Semmelweis shows importance of hand wasking

    Ignaz Semmelweis shows importance of hand wasking
  • John Snow stops outbreak of cholera

  • Bubonic plague hits San Francisco

  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Alexander fleming descovers penicillin

    Alexander fleming descovers penicillin
  • First HMO insureance

    First HMO insureance
  • WHO declares smallpoz eradicated.

  • Managed Health care; frowth in uninsured

  • Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment.

  • Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles

    Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles