The Timeline Of Medicine By Rebecca Mares 200 Galen; tracheotomy Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1500 The Middle Ages Oct 5, 900 Rhazes descovers the differance between smallpox and measles Nov 15, 1000 Medical care becomes regulated Apr 30, 1300 Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick Jun 19, 1350 Christian monasteries founded to treat the ill Aug 21, 1400 Frenchwoman Jacoba Felices tries to practice medicine but is denied Period: Jan 1, 1501 to Dec 31, 1795 The Renassances May 7, 1520 Human anatonical studies were allowed Dec 4, 1600 Use of scientific method begins Aug 17, 1657 Printing press allows for publication of discoveries Sep 11, 1665 Robert Hooke- descoverd the reflective microscope Sep 30, 1673 Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria Jun 15, 1700 Francis Bacon uses micrscope to discover plague fleas 1790 Discovery of blood cells, bacteria, protozoa, and stethoscope Period: Jan 1, 1796 to Dec 31, 1900 The Industrial Revolution Apr 5, 1796 Edward Jenner discovered the first vaccination 1847 Ignaz Semmelweis shows the importance of hang washing 1854 John Snow stops out break of Cholera 1900 Bubonic plague hits San Francisco Period: Jan 1, 1901 to Dec 31, 1999 The Modern World 1903 Discovery of Organ transplants, x-rays, radium for cancer treatment, MRI, CAT scans 1909 Bubonic plague hits San Francisco 1930 First HMO insurance 1952 Salk discovers Polio Vaccine 1960 First HMO insurance 1980 WHO declares smallpox eradicated 1981 AZT is used to combat AIDS 1986 AZT is used to combat AIDS Period: Jan 1, 2000 to Sep 1, 2017 21st Century 2001 Steve Thomas used maggots for infectious wound treatment 2006 Gardasil a vaccine to prevent cervial cancer approved by FDA 2007 scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells Jun 24, 2009 The first FDA approved implanted abiocor artificial heart placed in a patient Aug 23, 2009 patiant died
