Medical Investigations By alexalinenberger 200 Galen; tracheotomy Period: 200 to Sep 8, 2014 History of Medicine Period: 500 to Sep 9, 1500 Middle Ages Sep 11, 1100 Barber-surgeons cut hair, perform surgery, barber pole symbol popularized (Middle Ages) Sep 9, 1300 Islamic Hospitals; health care for the sick Period: Sep 9, 1300 to Sep 9, 1600 Renaissance Sep 9, 1400 Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied Sep 11, 1600 Use of Scientific Method Sep 11, 1665 Robert Hooke- reflective microscope Sep 11, 1673 Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria Period: Sep 9, 1700 to Sep 9, 1800 The Industrial Revolution Sep 11, 1700 Frances Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas Sep 11, 1796 Edward Jenner discovered the 1st vaccanation Sep 11, 1800 Printing Press allows for publication of discoveries Sep 11, 1827 Joseph Lister--practices of medical aspesis Sep 11, 1843 Robert Kock-- discovery of pathogens Sep 9, 1850 Medical Care becomes regulated Sep 11, 1854 John Snow stops outbreak of Cholera Sep 11, 1897 Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity Period: Sep 9, 1900 to Sep 9, 1999 Modern Times Sep 11, 1900 Bubonic Plague hits San Francisco Sep 11, 1926 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin Sep 11, 1930 First HMO Insurance Sep 11, 1930 First HMO Insurance Sep 11, 1952 Salk discovers 1st polio vaccine Sep 11, 1961 AZT is used to combat AIDS Sep 11, 1980 Managed health care- growth in uninsured Sep 11, 1980 WHO declares smallpox eradicated Sep 11, 2001 Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment Mar 2, 2022 Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles Mar 2, 2022 Christian monataries founded to treat the ill