The History of Medicine

Middle Ages

Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500

First Pharmacy

754

The first pharmacy was established in Bagdad.

Rhazes

900

Difference between smallpox and measles discovered.

Hospital

1100

The concept of a hospital was first developed.

Christian Monasteries

1200

Monasteries founded to treat ill.

Spectacles are invented.

1249

Use of Scientific Method Begins

1300

Leonardo da Vinci

1489

Leonardo da Vinci dissects corpses.

Renaissance

Period: Jan 1, 1501 to Dec 31, 1795

Human anatomical studies allowed.

1550

Zacharius Jannssen

1590

Microscope invented.

Use of scientific method begins.

1600

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

1670

Blood cells discovered.

Appendectomy

1763

First successful appendectomy performed.

Edward Jenner

1796

First vaccination is discovered.

Industrial Revolution

Period: Jan 1, 1796 to Dec 31, 1900

John Snow

1854

Outbreak of cholera stopped.

Rabies Vaccine

1882

First vaccine is developed for rabies.

Bubonic Plague Vaccine

1897

First vaccine for Bubonic Plague developed.

Aspirin Developed

1899

Modern World

Period: Jan 1, 1901 to Dec 31, 1999

Discovery

1908

Organ transplants, X-rays, radium for cancer treatment, MRI and CAT scans discovered.

Alexander Fleming

1945

Penicillin is discovered.

Salk

1952

Polio vaccine discovered.

Measles Vaccine

1964

First vaccine is developed for measles.

First Clone

1996

Dolly the sheep becomes the first clone.

Human Genome is Identified.

2000

21st Century

Period: Jan 1, 2000 to Sep 1, 2017

Artificial Heart

2001

A new generation of an artificial heart is implanted in a person with heart failure.

Cancer Vaccine

2006

First vaccine to target a cause of cancer.

Stem and Adult cell advancement

2006

Scientists turned a adult cell back into a stem cell. Also, cloning of the cells has happened.

Steve Thomas

2010

Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment.

Bionic Limbs

2013

A new generation of bionic limbs controlled by the wearer's mind is developed.