Medical Investigations 1 Timeline By jordanna17 Period: 500 to Sep 3, 2015 Medical Investigations 1 Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 The MIddle Age Sep 8, 1000 Surgery is considered a profession Sep 8, 1300 Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick Sep 8, 1400 Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied Sep 8, 1400 Medical books were made and published Period: Jan 1, 1501 to Dec 31, 1700 Renaissance Sep 8, 1543 First anatomy books Sep 8, 1600 Use of scientific method begins Sep 8, 1665 Robert Hooke- reflective microscope Sep 8, 1673 Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria Period: Jan 1, 1700 to Dec 31, 1900 Industrial Revolution Sep 8, 1700 Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas Sep 8, 1796 Edward Jenner discovered first vaccination Sep 8, 1843 Robert Koch- discovery of pathogens Sep 8, 1847 Ignaz Semmelweis shows improtance of hand washing Sep 8, 1854 John Snow stops outbreak of cholera Period: Jan 1, 1900 to Sep 3, 2015 Modern Times Sep 8, 1900 Bubonic plague hits San Fancisco Sep 8, 1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin Sep 8, 1952 Salk discoverys polio vaccine Sep 8, 1981 AZT is used to combat AIDS Sep 8, 2001 Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment Sep 8, 2006 Gardasil a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by the FDA Mar 2, 2022 Rhazes discovered differece between smallpox and measles