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The History of Medicine

By Leilani Delos Santos
  • James Blundell
    1818 BCE

    James Blundell

    James Blundell performs first successful transfusion of human blood.
  • Stethescope
    1816 BCE

    Stethescope

    Rene Laennec invents the stethoscope.
  • Nitrous Oxide
    1800 BCE

    Nitrous Oxide

    Sir Humphry Davy discovers anesthetic properties in Nitrous Oxide.
  • Edward Jenner
    1796 BCE

    Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner Develops the process of vaccination of smallpox.
  • Claudlus Aymand
    1763 BCE

    Claudlus Aymand

    Claudlus Aymand performs the first successful appendectomy.
  • Period: 1763 BCE to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Bacteria
    1683 BCE

    Bacteria

    Anton Van Leeuwenhoek discovers bacteria.
  • Blood Cells
    1670 BCE

    Blood Cells

    Anton Van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells.
  • William Harvey
    1628 BCE

    William Harvey

    Publishes an anatomical study, which leads to future research on blood vessels, arteries, and the heart.
  • Microscope
    1590 BCE

    Microscope

    Zacharius Jannssen invents microscope.
  • Leonardo Da Vinci
    1489 BCE

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    Da Vinci dissects corpses.
  • Spectacles
    1249 BCE

    Spectacles

    Roger Bacon invents the spectacles.
  • The Canon of Medicine
    1010 BCE

    The Canon of Medicine

    Avicenna writes The Canon of Medicine.
  • Small Pox
    910 BCE

    Small Pox

    Persian physician Rhazes identifies small pox
  • Alcmaeon of Croton
    500 BCE

    Alcmaeon of Croton

    Distinguished veins from arteries.
  • Birth of Hippocrates
    460 BCE

    Birth of Hippocrates

    Father of medicine is born.
  • Period: 460 BCE to 1249 BCE

    Middle Ages

  • First Known Anatomy Book
    300 BCE

    First Known Anatomy Book

    Diocles wrote the first known anatomy book.
  • Romans Adopt Medicine
    292 BCE

    Romans Adopt Medicine

    Romans adopt medicine Asclepius by stealing the sacred Snake.
  • Herophilus
    280 BCE

    Herophilus

    Herophilus studies the nervous system.
  • Archagathus of Sparta
    219 BCE

    Archagathus of Sparta

    First introduced Greek medical practice.
  • Period: 219 BCE to 130

    Ancient Times

  • Birth Of Galen
    130

    Birth Of Galen

  • Period: 1489 to

    Renaissance

  • Dieseases of children

    Dieseases of children

    New York medical college starts a profession for diseases of children.
  • Period: to

    Modern Era

  • American Pediatric Society

    American Pediatric Society

    APS established by Dr. Job Lewis Smith.
  • First proffeser of pediatrics at Harvard

    First proffeser of pediatrics at Harvard

    Dr.Thomas Morgan Rotch became the first proffesser of pediatrics in Harvard.
  • First pediatric specialist

    First pediatric specialist

    Dr.Emily Partridge Bacon becomes the first pediatric specialist in Philadelphia.
  • Apgar Score

    Apgar Score

    Dr. Virginia Apgar develops Apgar Score.