The History of Medicine By aylesc14 Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 Middle Ages Jan 1, 659 First Use of A Substance For Tooth Fillings Jan 1, 754 First Pharmacy Was Established In Baghdad Jan 1, 910 Rhazes Identifies Smallpox Jan 1, 1249 Roger Bacon Invents Spectacles Jan 1, 1310 Anatomy and Dissection Is Being Developed Period: Jan 1, 1501 to Dec 31, 1795 Renaissance Jan 1, 1590 Zacharius Jannssen Invents the Microscope Jan 1, 1670 Anton Van Leeuwenhoek Discovers Blood Cells Jan 1, 1683 Anton Van Leeuwenhoek Observes Bacteria Jan 1, 1701 Giacomo Pylarini Gives the First Smallpox Inoculations Jan 1, 1763 Claudius Amyand Performs the First Successful Appendectomy Period: Jan 1, 1796 to Dec 31, 1900 Industrial Revolution Jan 1, 1816 Rene Laennec Invents the Stethoscope Jan 1, 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell is the First Woman to Get a Medical Degree Jan 1, 1857 Louis Pasteur Identifies Germs as Cause of Disease Jan 1, 1879 First Vaccine Developed for Cholera Jan 1, 1887 First Contact Lenses Developed Period: Jan 1, 1901 to Dec 31, 1999 Modern World Jan 1, 1928 Sir. Alexander Fleming Discovers Penicillin Jan 1, 1964 First Vaccine Developed For Measles Jan 1, 1975 Robert S. Ledley Invents CAT Scans Jan 1, 1978 First Test-Tube Baby Is Born Jan 1, 1983 HIV Is Identified Period: Jan 1, 2000 to Aug 31, 2017 21st Century Apr 14, 2003 Human Genome Project Is Successful With Results Scientist had completed a draft sequence of all the genes that make up our DNA Jun 1, 2006 Ian Frazer & Jian Zhou Create the First HPV Vaccine Jan 1, 2007 Minimally Invasive/Robotic Techniques Make Surgery Easier and More Effective Feb 2, 2007 World´s First Artificiall Working Hand Made By David Gow Jul 8, 2010 First Successful Face Transplant in Spain