Medical Investigations 1 timeline By jchen40 Period: 500 to Sep 3, 2015 Medical History Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 The Middle ages Sep 8, 1000 Sugery accepted as profession Sep 4, 1300 Islamic hospitals; healthcare for the sick. Sep 8, 1347 Black Death introduced to Europe Sep 4, 1400 Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine, but is denied. Period: Jan 1, 1501 to Dec 31, 1700 The Renaissance Sep 9, 1545 Smallpox breaks out in India, kills approximately 8,000 Sep 4, 1600 Use of scientific method begins Sep 4, 1665 Robert Hooks - reflective telescope Sep 4, 1673 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek decribes bacteria Sep 4, 1700 Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plaque fleas Period: Jan 1, 1701 to Dec 31, 1910 Industrial Revolution Sep 8, 1721 Outbreak of Smallpox in Boston, MA, kills approximately 800 people Sep 8, 1793 Yellow Fever appears in Philadelphia, killed approximately 5,000 people Sep 5, 1796 Edward Jenner discovers first vaccination Sep 5, 1847 Ignaz Semmelweis shows importance of washing hands Sep 5, 1854 John Snow stops outbreak of cholera Period: Jan 1, 1911 to Sep 3, 2015 The Modern World Sep 5, 1952 Salk discovers polio vaccine Sep 5, 1980 WHO declares smallpox eradicated Sep 5, 2001 Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment Sep 5, 2006 Gardasil, a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by FDA Sep 5, 2009 First FDA approved implanted AbioCor artifical heart placed in a paitent on June 24. Paitent died on August 23. Mar 2, 2022 Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles
