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10,000 BCE
Early European surgeries
Skulls and other bones have been found in Europe with evidence that surgery around the year 10,000 BC was very common. https://invention.si.edu/search?keyword=arabian+medicine -
2700 BCE
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Emperor Sheng-Nung contributed to the early use of acupuncture, which became a primarily used technique of surgery. https://www.factcite.com/essential/7026842full.html -
1600 BCE
Egyptian healing techniques
Around this time period, Egyptians began using herbs to create natural healing remedies. https://www.factcite.com/essential/7026842full.html -
460 BCE
Greek and Roman treatment
From 460 to 375 BCE, a physician named Hippocrates became "the father of Western medicine," believing illnesses were from natural causes. https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/medicine/275767#204475-toc -
500
Middle ages medicine
During the middle ages, things progressed slowly. Around 500 AD midwives began taking care of childbirth instead of a untrained physician. https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/medicine/275767#204476-toc -
887
Medicine in Renaissance Europe
Around 900 AD the first medical school was founded in Europe. http://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/medicine/275767#204475-toc -
900
Arabian medicine
An Arabian physician, Rhazes, became the first to be able to distinguish between the diseases smallpox and measles. http://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/medicine/275767#204475-toc -
17th century medical discoveries
The English physician, William Harvey began studying veins and blood and discovered blood pumped towards veins and away from the heart through arteries. http://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/medicine/275767#204475-toc -
18th century medical break through's
A physician named Edward Jenner began to establish the first vaccine for smallpox. After testing it, Edward discovered he had success. http://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/medicine/275767#204475-toc -
First use of anesthesia
Before the 1800s, anesthesia hadn't yet been invented for undergoing surgery, but American and British scientists started experimenting with two numbing substances and eventually made what we now call anethesia. https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/medicine/275767#204476-toc -
19th century rabies revolution
A chemist from France named Louis Pasteur learned about germs by studying the fermentation of wine which later helped him the rabies vaccine. https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/medicine/275767#204476-toc