Timeline of Medical HIstory

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  • Printing Press invented by Johannes Guttenberg
    Jan 1, 1440

    Printing Press invented by Johannes Guttenberg

  • Andreas Vesalius made first anatomical drawings from dissected human bodies
    Jan 1, 1543

    Andreas Vesalius made first anatomical drawings from dissected human bodies

  • William Harvey described the circulation of blood to and from the heart

  • Gabriel Fahrenheit created first mercury thermometer

    Gabriel Fahrenheit created first mercury thermometer

  • Anton Von Leeuwenhoek discovered citrus fruits prevent scurvy

  • Ben Franklin invented the bifocals

  • Smallpox vaccine invented by Edward Jenner

  • Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope

    Rene Laennec invented the stethoscope

  • Dr. Horace Wells uses nitrous oxide as an anesthetic

  • Ignaz Semmelweiss identified cause of infections and instituted hand washing

  • Elizabeth Blackwell become first woman to qualify as a doctor in the U.S.

    Elizabeth Blackwell become first woman to qualify as a doctor in the U.S.

  • Louis Pasteur pasteurized milk to kill bacteria

  • Gregory Mendel developed patterns of heredity

  • Joseph Lister used antesptics during surgery to prevent infection

  • Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone

  • Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross

    Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross

  • Louis Pasteur discovered vaccine for rabbies

  • Modern ambulance invented in Paris

  • Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays

    Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-rays

  • Felix Hoffman invented aspirin

  • Karl Lansteiner discovered different human bloodtypes

  • First helicopter flown with a pilot

  • Marie Curie isolated radium

  • Insulin was first used to treat diabetes

  • Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin

    Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin

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    John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry invent the electronic computer

  • Pager invented by Al Gros

  • John Hopps invented the cardiac pacemaker

  • Jonas Salk developed first polio vaccine

  • First ultrasound used for pregnancies

  • Albert Sabin created the oral polio vaccine

  • Christian Bernard performed first heart transplant surgery

  • Louise Brown, first test-tube baby born in Great Britain

    Louise Brown, first test-tube baby born in Great Britain

  • Smallpox is eradicted

  • Gene Therapy discoverd by researchers

  • Aids is discovered

  • Dolly the Sheep first cloned for tissue clonging

    Dolly the Sheep first cloned for tissue clonging

  • James Thompson developed embryonic stem cell lines