Medical Investigations

By briahnnahultgren2
  • 200

    Tracheotomy practiced

    Tracheotomy practiced
  • Period: 200 to

    Medical Field History

  • 500

    Leprosy outbreak begins

    Leprosy outbreak begins
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299

    Middle Ages

  • Sep 10, 1000

    Surgery became a profession

    Surgery became a profession
  • Sep 10, 1094

    Barber-surgeons' first organization formed

    Barber-surgeons' first organization formed
    This was formed in France.
  • Sep 10, 1140

    Regulation of who could be doctors

    Regulation of who could be doctors
    Roger of Sicily implemented this
  • Sep 10, 1249

    Lenses created to correct vision

    Lenses created to correct vision
  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to

    Reniaissance

  • Sep 10, 1331

    Bubonic (Black) Plague begins

    Bubonic (Black) Plague begins
  • Sep 10, 1350

    Christian monestaries constructed to treat the sick

    Christian monestaries constructed to treat the sick
  • Nov 11, 1450

    Printing Press Invented

    Printing Press Invented
  • Jun 16, 1500

    Scientific Method came into use in Europe

    Scientific Method came into use in Europe
  • Sep 10, 1540

    Barber-Surgeons Company established

    Barber-Surgeons Company established

  • Microscope Invented

    Microscope Invented

  • Marcello Malpighi discovers capillaries

    Marcello Malpighi discovers capillaries

  • Robert Hooke discovers diffraction

    Robert Hooke discovers diffraction

  • Study of Human Anatomy begins

    Study of Human Anatomy begins
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Barber and surgeon occupancies split

    Barber and surgeon occupancies split

  • Edward Jenner begins using process of vaccination

    Edward Jenner begins using process of vaccination
    Observed milkmaids exposed to cowpox did not get smallpox

  • Louis Pasteur invents pasteurization

    Louis Pasteur invents pasteurization
    Tuberculosis spread mostly by unpasteurized milk

  • Stethoscope Invented

    Stethoscope Invented

  • Ether used as first anesthetic by William T. G. Morton

    Ether used as first anesthetic by William T. G. Morton
    Used ether when removing a tumor from a patient's jaw

  • Joseph Lister uses carbolic acid as antisepic

    Joseph Lister uses carbolic acid as antisepic
    First used on boy who had a compound fracture of his tibia

  • Robert Koch discorvers anthrax disease cycle

    Robert Koch discorvers anthrax disease cycle
  • Period: to

    Modern Times

  • Radium manufactured in U.S.

    Radium manufactured in U.S.
    Radium was used for cancer treatment then, but is dangerous so the use was discontinued for cancer treatment.

  • Penicillin discovered by Alexander Fleming

    Penicillin discovered by Alexander Fleming

  • First organ transplant performed

    First organ transplant performed
    Ronald Herrick offered to give his identical twin his kidney

  • MRI invented

    MRI invented
    MRI stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  • Stem cells discovered

    Stem cells discovered

  • First successful bone marrow transplant

    First successful bone marrow transplant

  • Less invasive surgery begins

    Less invasive surgery begins
    Use of robotic surgery decreased the invasiveness of surgeries

  • Human Genome Project begins

    Human Genome Project begins

  • Rhazes discovers difference between measles and smallpox

    Rhazes discovers difference between measles and smallpox

  • First hospital constructed

    First hospital constructed
    The first hospital was constructed in Bagdad, Iraq.