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200
Galen; Tracheotomy
He described how to cure breathing difficulties by prefoming a tracheotomy -
Period: 200 to
Medical History
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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500
Middles Ages
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Sep 8, 1123
London
Hospitals were built eg St Bartholomew's in London in 1123 -
Sep 7, 1340
Black Death
The 'Black Death' bubonic plague devastated Europe in the late 1340s, killing an estimated 100-200 million people. -
Sep 8, 1388
Parliament
Parliament passed the first law requiring people to keep the streets and rivers clean in 1388. -
Period: Jun 30, 1400 to
The Renaissance
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Sep 8, 1400
Jacoba Flicie
Frenchwomen Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied -
Sep 8, 1400
Age of Death
In 1400, the average age of death was perhaps 35. -
Sep 8, 1500
Printing Press
The invention of the printing press made it possible to publish books faster. Info about new discoveries could be spread quickly -
Sep 8, 1500
1500
By the 1500s, the physicians of Europe were legally required to assess a patient’s horoscope before embarking on any medical interference. -
Scientific Method
Use of scientific method begins -
William Harvey
Discovered that the heart recycles blood and acts as a pump to circulate blood throughout the body -
Robert Hooke
Reflective microscope -
Urine
physician George Thomson recommended urine to be used on the plague. -
Yellow Fever
Yellow Fever appeared in the U.S. in the late 17th century. The deadly virus continued to strike cities, mostly eastern seaports and Gulf Coast cities, for the next two hundred years, killing hundreds, sometimes thousands in a single summer. -
Anthkoni van Leewenhoek
Anthoni van Leeuwenhoek was the first to observe bacteria and other microscopic organisms using a rudimentary microscope. -
New World
In 1763 in the New World, smallpox infected blankets were distributed to Native Americans starting an epidemic which killed thousands. -
Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner discovered 1st vaccination -
Period: to
The Industrial Revolution
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Cholera
Several epidemics appeared throughout England eventually killing more people than the Black Plauge -
Elizabeth Blackwell
Was the first woman to earn and M.D. degree -
John Snow
John Snow stoops outbreak of cholera -
Elizabeth Blackwell
Opened the New York Infirmary to serve poor women and children, and to provide more women opportunities to study medicine and nursing. -
X-rays
The discovery of X-rays aloud doctors to see into the body without cutting it open -
Louis Pasteur
He discovered that harmful bacteria (germs) were passed through the air. He did an experiment with bad wine and learned that boiling the liquid killed the bacteria. This research led to the development of antiseptics that were used in surgery to kill the germs that caused infection. -
Penicillin
It is still widely used today and led to the development of more antibiotic drugs that fight infections and save lives -
19th Century
Doctors used to use ether to put patients to sleep during surgery> People didnt have to suffer the excrutiating pain of an opperation but many still died from wounds getting infected. -
Marie Curie
Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity -
Period: to
Modern Times
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Laparoscopis Surgery
In 1972, Clarke invented, published, patented, presented, and recorded on film laparoscopic surgery, with instruments marketed by the Ven Instrument Company of Buffalo, New York, USA.[24] -
AIDS
AZT is used to combat AIDS -
Steven Thomas
Steven Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment -
Gardisil
Gardasil, a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by the FDA -
Small Pox
Very dangerous illness in the Middle Ages -
Rhazes
Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles.