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The History of Medicine

By Leilani Delos Santos
  • 1818 BCE

    James Blundell

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

    Stethescope

    Stethescope
    Rene Laennec invents the stethoscope.
  • 1800 BCE

    Nitrous Oxide

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

    Edward Jenner

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

    Claudlus Aymand

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

    Industrial Revolution

  • 1683 BCE

    Bacteria

    Bacteria
    Anton Van Leeuwenhoek discovers bacteria.
  • 1670 BCE

    Blood Cells

    Blood Cells
    Anton Van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells.
  • 1628 BCE

    William Harvey

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

    Microscope

    Microscope
    Zacharius Jannssen invents microscope.
  • 1489 BCE

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    Leonardo Da Vinci
    Da Vinci dissects corpses.
  • 1249 BCE

    Spectacles

    Spectacles
    Roger Bacon invents the spectacles.
  • 1010 BCE

    The Canon of Medicine

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

    Small Pox

    Small Pox
    Persian physician Rhazes identifies small pox
  • 500 BCE

    Alcmaeon of Croton

    Alcmaeon of Croton
    Distinguished veins from arteries.
  • 460 BCE

    Birth of Hippocrates

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

    Middle Ages

  • 300 BCE

    First Known Anatomy Book

    First Known Anatomy Book
    Diocles wrote the first known anatomy book.
  • 292 BCE

    Romans Adopt Medicine

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

    Herophilus

    Herophilus
    Herophilus studies the nervous system.
  • 219 BCE

    Archagathus of Sparta

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

    Ancient Times

  • 130

    Birth Of Galen

    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.