Medical Timeline

By allison.groshek

  • Revolutionary War

    It was between the 13 colonies and Great Britain

  • Smallpox

    Edward Jenner developed the vaccine for smallpox

  • Antiseptic

    Joseph Lister was the first doctor to use antiseptic during surgery

  • First female doctor

    Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to qualify as a doctor in the U.S.

  • First school of nursing

    Florence Nightgale opening up the first school of nursing during the Crimean War. She also made it an honorable profession.

  • American Civil War

    It was taken place in the United States between the North and the South
  • Germs

    Germs

    The germ theory was introduced by John Snow
  • American Red Cross

    American Red Cross

    Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross

  • Rabies

    Rabies vaccine was discovered by Emile Roux
  • Bifocals

    Bifocals

    The first bifocals were invented by Benjamin Franklin
  • X-Rays

    X-Rays

    William Roentgen discovered X-Rays

  • Isolated Radium

    Marie Curie isoltaed radium

  • World War 1

  • Penicillin

    Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin

  • The Electreat Mechanical Heart

    "Was the first medical device seized under the 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act." The article

  • World War II

  • Polio Vaccine

    Polio Vaccine

    Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine
  • Birth Control

    Birth Control

    The first birth control pill introduced
  • First heard transplant

    First heard transplant

    Christian Barnard performed the world's first heart transplant surgery.
  • Test tube baby

    Test tube baby

    The first test tube baby was born

  • Dolly the sheep

    The first clone was made and her name was Dolly, she was also a sheep