The history of Medicine By Greciamoreno24 Period: 500 to 1300 Middle ages 900 Medical care became regulated 900 Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles 950 christian monasteries founded to treat the ill 1300 Islamic Hopitals health care for the sick Period: 1301 to 1700 renaissance 1600 Human anatomical studies allowed 1600 scientific method began 1665 Robert Hooke reflective microscope 1673 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria 1700 Francis Bacon discovers plague fleas Period: 1701 to 1899 Industrial Revolution 1796 Edward Jenner discovered 1st vaccination 1822 Louis Pasteur microbiology of milk 1843 Robert Koch discovered pathogens 1847 Ignaz Semmelweis shows importance of hand washing 1858 John Snow stops outbreak of cholera Period: 1900 to 1999 Modern World 1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin 1930 First HMO insurance 1952 Salk discovers polio vaccine 1980 Managed health care; growth in uninsured 1981 AZT is used to combat AIDS> Period: 2000 to 2018 21st Century 2001 Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment 2008 Gardasil, a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by the FDA 2008 Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells 2008 Mipppa provides incentives for practitioners who use electronic health records 2009 The first FDA approved implanted Abiocor artificial heart placed in a patient died on August 23
