Medical Investigations

  • 150

    Barber-Surgeons

    Barber-surgeons cut hair, perform surgery; barber pole symbol popularized
  • Period: 150 to

    History of Healthcare

  • Period: 150 to Jan 1, 1525

    Middle Ages

  • 200

    Galen

    Galen; tracheotomy
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Medical Care

    Medical care becomes regulated
  • Jan 1, 1300

    Islamic Hospitals

    Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick
  • Jan 1, 1350

    Chrisyain Monasteries

    Christian monasteries founded to treat the ill
  • Jan 1, 1400

    Jacoba Felicie

    Frenchwoman Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied
  • Period: Jan 1, 1526 to

    Renaissance

  • Jan 1, 1530

    Human Anatomical

    Human anatomical studies allowed
  • Scientific Method

    Use of scientific method begins
  • Printing Press

    Printing press allows for publication of discoveries
  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke- reflective microscope
  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek refines the microscope and fashions nearly 500 models.
  • Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

    Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria
  • Francis Bacon

    Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas
  • James Lind

    James Lind discovers that citrus fruits prevent scurvy.
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jennerdiscovered 1st vaccination
  • Discoveries

    Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope
  • Louis Pasteur

    Louis Pasteur (microbiology) - Pasteurization of milk
  • Joseph Lister

    Joseph Lister- practice of medical asepsis
  • Robert Koch

    Robert Koch- discovery of pathogens
  • Ignaz Sammelweis

    Ignaz Sammelweis shows importnance of hand washing
  • John Snow

    John Snow stops outbreak of cholera
  • Marie Curie

    Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity
  • Bubonic Plague

    Bubonic plague hits San Fransisco
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Discoveries

    Discoveries of organ translplants, X-rays, radium for cancer treatment, MRI, CAT scans
  • Alexander Flemming

    Alexander FLemming discovers penicillin
  • HMO

    First HMO insurance
  • Salk

    Salk discovers polio vaccine
  • WHO

    WHO declares smallpox eradicted
  • AZT

    AZT is used to combat AIDS
  • Steve Thomas

    Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment
  • Rhazes discovery

    Rhazes discovered differences between smallpox and measles