science and medicine

Medicine Timeline

Period: Jan 20, 1550 to Jan 20, 2000

First microscope

Jan 20, 1590

Blood circulation

Jan 20, 1628

William Harvey explains the circulation of blood in humans

First cells

Jan 20, 1663

Robert Hooke describes the first cells

First bacteria

Jan 20, 1674

Leeuwenhoek sees first bacteris

first vaccine

Jan 20, 1746

Edward Jenner invents the first vaccine (for smallpox)

Queen Victoria

Jan 20, 1837

Queen of England from 1837 to 1901

anesthesia

Jan 20, 1846

Morton demonstrates first anesthesia

hand washing

Jan 20, 1849

Semmelwiess discovers washing hands prevents infection

cholera epidemic

Jan 20, 1854

10,000 people die of cholera in London because of contaminated water

Cell Theory

Jan 20, 1855

Cell Theory developed

Theory of Evolution

Jan 20, 1859

Darwin publishes Origin of Species

Germ Theory

Jan 20, 1860

Luois Pasteur invents Pasteurization to kill bacteria and states cell theory

American Civil War

Jan 20, 1861

American Civil Was 1861 - 1865

xray

Jan 20, 1895

Roentgen discovers xrays by accident

Blood Groups

Jan 20, 1901

Landsteiner discovers 4 human blood groups

Chromosome Theory

Jan 20, 1902

Chromosome Theory is developed by Sutton and Boveri

WW I

Jan 20, 1914

World War I from 1914 to 1918. Flu epidemic!

WW II

Jan 20, 1939

Wolrd War II 1939-1945

Penicillin

Jan 20, 1941

Penicillin is discovered by Fleming and first used to cure bacterial infections

Organ transplants

Jan 20, 1950

DNA

Jan 20, 1953

Structure of DNA described by Watson and Crick

Smallpox eradicated worldwide

Jan 20, 1979