Medical Investigations 1 By Sierra Wood Period: 500 to Sep 4, 2015 History of Medicine Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 Middle Ages Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1700 Renaissance Sep 9, 1300 Islamic Hospitals; care for the sick Sep 9, 1347 An outbreak of the Bubonic Plague Sep 9, 1400 Jacoba Felicie (a french WOMAN) tried to practice medicine but was denied Sep 9, 1489 Disection of Corpses Sep 9, 1494 Syphilis is first recorded Sep 9, 1590 Zacharius Jannssen invents microscope Period: Jan 1, 1600 to Dec 31, 1899 Industrial Revolution Sep 9, 1616 William Harvey described the circulation of blood to and from the heart Sep 9, 1635 Robert Hooke-Built one of the first reflecting microscopes Sep 9, 1673 Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas Sep 9, 1796 Smallpox vaccination developed Sep 9, 1816 Rene Leannek invented the stethescope Sep 9, 1818 First successful transfusion of human blood Sep 9, 1865 Gregor Mndel established paggerns of hereditary genes Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Sep 4, 2015 Modern World Sep 9, 1930 Alexander Fleming discovers penicilin Sep 9, 1952 Polio vaccine is discovered Sep 9, 1975 Robert S. Ledley invents CAT-scans Sep 9, 1980 Smallpox is eradicated Sep 9, 1981 First vaccine developed for Hepititis B Mar 2, 2022 Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles Mar 2, 2022 The first known description of smallpox was given