Medical Investigations 1 By sofielmontoy Period: 500 to Sep 4, 2015 Medical HIstory Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 Middle Ages Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1699 Renaissance Sep 9, 1300 Islamic Hospitals begin health care for the sick Sep 4, 1400 Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied Sep 11, 1450 Barber-surgeons in England were restricted to bloodlettings, dental extractions, and hair care Sep 9, 1543 Andreas Vesalius published an illustrated anatomy text Sep 9, 1600 The use of scientific method begins Sep 9, 1665 Robert Hooke built one of the first reflective mircroscopes Sep 9, 1673 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Dec 31, 1899 Industrial Revolution Sep 9, 1700 Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas Sep 9, 1796 Edward Jenner discovered 1st vaccination Sep 9, 1816 The stethoscope was invented Sep 9, 1846 Ether began to be used as an anesthetic for surgery Sep 9, 1847 Ignaz Semmelweis shows importance of hand washing Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Sep 4, 2015 Modern World Sep 9, 1900 Bubonic plague its San Francisco Sep 9, 1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin Sep 9, 1930 First HMO insurance Sep 9, 1952 Salk discovers polio vaccine Sep 9, 1981 AZT is used to combat AIDS Sep 9, 2006 Gardasil a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by the FDA Mar 2, 2022 Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox & measles Mar 2, 2022 Christians build hospitals; first emperor in W. Europe decreeded that every cathedral should have a hospital connected to the school and monestery
