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The medical symbol was taken from the Asclepius, who was the Greek god medicine and healing, and his symbol was a snake.
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He was an Egyptian priest. He described and diagnosed over 200 diseases.
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He maintained privacy standards for his patients and never deliberately harmed his patients.
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He wrote the first anatomy book. The book was called Diocles of Carystus
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He believed in the 4 bodily humors, that needed to be kept in check in order to be healthy. Documented importance of the spinal cord for movement. Preformed tracheotomies to help patients breathe.
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The first Pharmacy was established in Baghdad. Drug stores continued being opened afterwards.
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Built on the ideas of Hippocrates. He also documented the difference between small pox and measles.
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An encyclopedia of medicine in five books compiled by Persian philosopher Avicenna. It compiled all of the medical knowledge from the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Roger Bacon invented spectacles. Essentially starting optics.
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The Black Death epidemic happened and it wiped out about half of Europe between the years 1346–1353.
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Zacharius Janssen invented microscopes. This revolutionized medicine, being able to see past the naked eye.
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William Harvey wrote An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals. This forms the basis for future research on blood vessels, arteries and the heart.
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Sir Christopher Wren experiments with blood transfusions from animals. First step towards understanding the blood.
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells, and starts documenting them. He did this by improving the microscope in order to see smaller, with more detail.
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek uses his advanced microscope to observe bacteria. He also discovers protozoa and he called them "animalcules".
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James Lind publishes his Treatise of the Scurvy, explaining how citrus fruits being part of the diet can help prevent scurvy in sailors. This stopped many illnesses and helped many stay alive.
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He performs the first successful appendectomy. This is amazing because it was BEFORE anesthetics were created.
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He develops the process of vaccination. He takes fluid from people with cowpox in order to prevent them from the much more dangerous disease of smallpox.
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Sir Humphry Davy creates the first anesthetics using nitrous oxide and preforms the first surgery without the patient feeling the pain of it.
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He invents the stethoscope. This is amazing because people can hear something inside the body without cutting it open or making and alteration.
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She becomes the first woman to gain a medical degree. She gets her degree from Geneva Medical College in New York.
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They invent the syringe. More importantly he invented the hollow needle.
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He identified germs as the cause of illnesses. This was a big difference from thinking that is was a punishment from the gods and explained the behavior of disease.
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He discovered blood typing, and helped revolutionize blood transfusions. He stopped many, many people form dying due to being given the wrong type of blood.
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Dr. Paul Dudley White starts the use of the electrocardiograph. This helped to diagnose some heart diseases and helped to make sure a patient was doing well.
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Insulin is used to treat diabetes. It is now taken from cows instead of dogs because it is closer to out natural insulin.
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Sir Alexander Flemming discovers penicillin. This stops so many from death via illness in WWII.
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Ultrasounds were invented and can show the inside of a pregnant mother without harming the infant. This helps to ensure healthiness without having to cause harm and potentially harm the mother or child.
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Selman A. Waksman discovers the antibiotic, and saves many lives in the end of WWII as well. Streptomycin comes from Streptomyces, a type off fungus.
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HeLa cells are found. They are the first human cells to be immortal and to be used for experiments without a problem.
