The History of Medicine

By joanna.torres
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300

    The Middle Ages

  • Jan 1, 700

    The Begining of Medical Care Regulation

    Physicians were licensed after formal training and experience with licensed doctors, this made medical care more safe.
  • Jan 1, 754

    The first pharmacy was established

  • Jan 1, 800

    Jacoba Felicle

    She was a Frenchwoman who wanted to practice medicine even though in the Middle Ages it was illegal for females to get a medical license.
  • Rhazes
    Jan 1, 900

    Rhazes

    Discovered difference between small pox and measles.
  • Jan 1, 1010

    Roger Bacon

    Invented spectacles
  • Frederick II promulgated a set of laws concerning medical education standards and licensure that were far ahead of his time.
    Jan 1, 1231

    Frederick II promulgated a set of laws concerning medical education standards and licensure that were far ahead of his time.

  • Period: Jan 1, 1301 to

    The Renaissance

  • Jan 1, 1315

    The Italian physician Mondino de Luzzi even conducted a public dissection for his students and spectators.

  • Jan 1, 1352

    The earliest depiction of a person wearing glasses

  • Jan 1, 1390

    The most famous medieval book on herbs is probably the "Red Book of Hergest," was written in Welsh

  • The first written record of having both a mother and baby surviving a cesarean section.
    Jan 1, 1500

    The first written record of having both a mother and baby surviving a cesarean section.

  • Girolamo Fracastoro- He was the first doctor to have suggested that human diseases may be caused by pathogens.
    Jan 1, 1547

    Girolamo Fracastoro- He was the first doctor to have suggested that human diseases may be caused by pathogens.

  • Dissection began to allow a better understanding of anatomy and physiology

  • The Great Plague of London Enquiry- one of the first major outbreaks for which we have a wide range of contemporary accounts and records.

  • Microscopes

    This allowed doctors and surgeons to get a better look at someone to make a more accurate diagnosis.
  • Period: to

    The Industrial Revolution

  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner

    He observed that milkmaids exposed to cowpox. His observations would soon change the way we treat disease in the medical field.
  • Joseph Lister

    Joseph Lister

    He had well thought out idea that if you used carbolic soap to disinfect the instruments and your hands used during surgery, you could stop the spread of pathogens that cause infection.
  • Robert Koch

    Robert Koch

    He discovered that pathogens were disease causing microorganisms

  • Vaccine for rabies was found

    The vaccine was found by Louis Pasteur and Emile Roux.

  • Bubonic Plauge

    A rare but baterial infection that's transmitted by fleas.

  • Anesthetic

    They use of ether as an anesthetic began during this period. This made painless surgery possible from the industrial revolution on out.
  • Period: to

    The Modern World

  • Elizabeth Blackwell

    Elizabeth Blackwell

    Women are finally allowed to practice medicine in the modern times. Elizabeth Blackwell is the first female physician in the 1900's
  • Electronic and Computer Advances

    Electronic and Computer Advances

    Electronic advances have dramatically changed the way health care manages. It is easier for nurses and doctors to access charts and discover the needs of a patient.

  • Organ Transplants

    Organ Transplants are easier, more common, and have a better outcome rate that ever before.

  • In vitro Fertilization

    Couples who have been infertile now have many medical options to choose and proceed to take and try to have children. The birth rate is rising all over the world.

  • Electronic Information

    Information is easier to receive than ever before. Physicians and patients do not even have to be in the same country to receive advice or treatment. Computerized surgical equipment helps thousands all over the world.
  • Period: to

    The 21st Century

  • Cancer Vaccine

    Cancer Vaccine

    First vaccine to target a cause of cancer.

  • Preventative Care

    People are now going in for check ups to make sure they are healthy and safe to continue their lives

  • Adapting

    The 21st century medical field is all learning about things causing harm to people and adapting so they can prevent/treat people.
  • Ben Carson

    Ben Carson

    Ben Carson is not only a political leader, but a famous Neurologist in the 21st century . He is a highly trained world renowned neurosurgeon.