medical investigations 1 By Isaac Mitchell Period: 500 to Sep 4, 2015 History of Medicine Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 middle ages Sep 9, 1000 Medical care becomes regulated Sep 9, 1000 surgery is considered a profession Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1700 Renaissance Sep 9, 1300 islamic hospitals; health care for the sick. Sep 9, 1400 Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied. Sep 9, 1494 Syphilis was first recorded in Europe Sep 9, 1543 first largely accurate description of the human body Period: Sep 1, 1600 to Dec 31, 1899 Industrial Revolution Sep 9, 1600 Use of scientific method begins Sep 9, 1665 Robert Hooke-reflective microscope Sep 9, 1673 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria Sep 9, 1790 Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope Sep 9, 1796 Edward Jenner discovered 1st vaccination Sep 9, 1832 4 major typhoid outbreaks Sep 9, 1860 germ theory of disease developed by Louis Pasteur Sep 9, 1883 Robert Koch identifies the cholera germ Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Sep 4, 2015 Modern World Sep 9, 1940 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin Sep 9, 1980 WHO declares smallpox eradicated Sep 9, 1983 AZT is used to combat AIDS Sep 9, 2001 Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment Sep 9, 2007 Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells Mar 2, 2022 Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles
