science and medicine

By pbulak
  • Period: Jan 20, 1550 to

    Medicine Timeline

  • First microscope

  • Blood circulation

    William Harvey explains the circulation of blood in humans

  • First cells

    Robert Hooke describes the first cells

  • First bacteria

    Leeuwenhoek sees first bacteris

  • first vaccine

    Edward Jenner invents the first vaccine (for smallpox)

  • Queen Victoria

    Queen of England from 1837 to 1901

  • anesthesia

    Morton demonstrates first anesthesia

  • hand washing

    Semmelwiess discovers washing hands prevents infection

  • cholera epidemic

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

  • Cell Theory

    Cell Theory developed

  • Theory of Evolution

    Darwin publishes Origin of Species

  • Germ Theory

    Luois Pasteur invents Pasteurization to kill bacteria and states cell theory

  • American Civil War

    American Civil Was 1861 - 1865

  • xray

    Roentgen discovers xrays by accident

  • Blood Groups

    Landsteiner discovers 4 human blood groups

  • Chromosome Theory

    Chromosome Theory is developed by Sutton and Boveri

  • WW I

    World War I from 1914 to 1918. Flu epidemic!

  • WW II

    Wolrd War II 1939-1945

  • Penicillin

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

  • Organ transplants

  • DNA

    Structure of DNA described by Watson and Crick

  • Smallpox eradicated worldwide