There were scores of hospitals in the Muslim world based on the Qur'an (Koran)
Sep 8, 1300
Islamic hospitals: healthcare for the sick
Sep 8, 1400
Frenchwoman, Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied
Period: Jan 1, 1501 to
Renaissance
Sep 8, 1502
Invention of the printing press made it easier to publish books faster
Scientific method came into use
Robert Hooke built one of the first reflecting microscopes
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria
Francis Bacon uses microscopoe to discover plague fleas
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
Edward Jenner discovered that milkmaids exposed to cowpox did not get smallpox
Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, & stethoscopes
Louis Pasteur carried out experiments that became basis for modern microbiology
Joseph Lister was rediculed for insisting that the use of carbolic soap to disinfect surgical equipment & clean hands before docs moved to another patient
Robert Koch discovered that pathogens are the source of some diseases and proved Lister correct
Period: to
Modern Times
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
First HMO insurance
Salk discovers polio vaccine
WHO declares smallpox eradicated
AZT is used to combat AIDS
Period: to
21st Century
Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles
