The History of Medicine

  • Period: 500 to 1300

    Middle Ages

  • 754

    first Pharmacies

    where sick people were able to get medicine
  • 900

    Rhazes

    Rhazes
    Discovered the difference between measles and smallpox.
  • 1013

    Al- Zahrawi

    one of the greatest surgeon in Al-Andalus
  • 1255

    eyeglasses

    eyeglasses
    helped people see who had bad vision
  • 1300

    Islamic Hospitals

    was given health care for the sick
  • Period: 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • Scientific Method

    scientific method began which made it easier to do experiments
  • human Anatomical

    allowed people to see what is actually in the human body
  • Reflective Microscope

    Reflective Microscope
    Allowed study of microorganisms like bacteria
  • Leeuwenhoek

    Described the features of bacteria
  • Bacon discovers plague fleas

    Bacon discovers plague fleas
    helped put a stop to the plague
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Jenner

    discovered the 1st vaccination, which led to vaccination to all sorts of illnesses
  • Discovery of blood cells,bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope

    Discovery of blood cells,bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope
    helped doctors see what was inside and infecting humans
  • death due to hygiene

    forced doctors to find a cure for good hygiene
  • Semmelweis, proper hand washing

    helped stop the spread of diseases
  • Snow

    Snow
    stops the outbreak of cholera
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Fleming

    Fleming
    discovered penicillin which was a treatment for gonorrhea
  • HMO Insurance

    helped keep people clean
  • Salk

    Salk
    discovered polio vaccine
  • Managed health care

    percentage of uninsured people went up
  • AZT is used to combat AIDS

    Delayed the development of AIDS
  • Period: to

    21st Centruy

  • Thomas

    used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment.
  • Gardasil

    vaccine to prevent cervical cancer.
  • Stem cells

    Stem cells
    let people use skin cells to create embryonic stem cells
  • MIPPA

    provided incentives for practitioners who used electronic health.
  • artificial heart

    artificial heart
    it let people live with a fake heart