Medical Investigations By kaljack3 200 Galen; tracheotomy Period: 200 to Sep 5, 2014 History of Medicine Period: 200 to Mar 2, 2022 Galen; tracheotomy Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 Middle Ages Jan 1, 1300 Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick Jan 1, 1400 Frenchwomen Jacoba Felicie tries to practice medicine but is denied Jan 1, 1600 Use of scientific method begins Period: Jan 1, 1600 to Jan 1, 1700 Renaisssance Jan 1, 1665 Robert Hooke- reflective microscope Jan 1, 1673 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria Jan 1, 1700 Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas Jan 1, 1796 Edward Jenner discovers 1st vaccination Period: Jan 1, 1796 to Jan 1, 1909 Industrial Revolution Jan 1, 1822 Louis Pasreur (microbiology)- pasteurization of milk Jan 1, 1827 Joseph Lister practice of medical asepsis Jan 1, 1843 Robert Koch- discovery of pathogens Jan 1, 1847 Ignaz Semmelweis shows importance of hand washing Jan 1, 1854 John Snow stops outbreak of cholera Jan 1, 1897 Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity Jan 1, 1900 Bubonic plague hits San Francisco Jan 1, 1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin Period: Jan 1, 1928 to Jan 1, 2009 Modern World Jan 1, 1930 First HMO insurance Jan 1, 1952 Salk discovers polio vaccine Jan 1, 1980 WHO declares smallpox eradicated Jan 1, 1980 Managed health care; growth in uninsured Jan 1, 1981 AZT is used to combat AIDS Mar 2, 2022 Rhazes discovered differece between smallpox and measles
