Medical Investigations

By briahnnahultgren2
  • Tracheotomy practiced
    200

    Tracheotomy practiced

  • Period: 200 to

    Medical Field History

  • Leprosy outbreak begins
    500

    Leprosy outbreak begins

  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299

    Middle Ages

  • Surgery became a profession
    Sep 10, 1000

    Surgery became a profession

  • Barber-surgeons' first organization formed
    Sep 10, 1094

    Barber-surgeons' first organization formed

    This was formed in France.
  • Regulation of who could be doctors
    Sep 10, 1140

    Regulation of who could be doctors

    Roger of Sicily implemented this
  • Lenses created to correct vision
    Sep 10, 1249

    Lenses created to correct vision

  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to

    Reniaissance

  • Bubonic (Black) Plague begins
    Sep 10, 1331

    Bubonic (Black) Plague begins

  • Christian monestaries constructed to treat the sick
    Sep 10, 1350

    Christian monestaries constructed to treat the sick

  • Printing Press Invented
    Nov 11, 1450

    Printing Press Invented

  • Scientific Method came into use in Europe
    Jun 16, 1500

    Scientific Method came into use in Europe

  • Barber-Surgeons Company established
    Sep 10, 1540

    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.