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1673 BCE
Renaissance
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek describes bacteria -
1600 BCE
Renaissance
The use of the scientific method begins -
1500 BCE
prehistoric and Ancient world
Egyptian Papyrus -
1400 BCE
Middle Ages
Frenchwoman Jacoba Felice tries to practice medicine but is denied. -
1300 BCE
prehistory and ancient world
Attributed health and illness to the gods natural remedies, medicine and religion frequently intertwined -
1200 BCE
Prehistoric and Ancient world
Aesculapius Greek god of healing
Caduceus is the symbol of medicine -
410 BCE
Prehistoric and Ancient World
Greek book of epidemics -
400 BCE
Prehistoric and Ancient World
Hippocratic Oath -
200
Middle Ages
Galen; Tracheotomy -
Sep 16, 900
Middle Ages
Rhazes discovered difference between smallpox and measles -
Sep 16, 1300
Middle Ages
Islamic hospitals; health care for the sick -
Renaissance
Francis Bacon uses microscope to discover plague fleas -
Industrial Revolution
Edward Jenner discovered first vaccination -
Industrial Revolution
Ignaz Semmelweis shows importance of hand washing -
Modern World
Salk discovers polio vaccine -
Modern World
HMO declares smallpox eradicated -
Modern World
Steve Thomas used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment -
Renaissance
Robert Hooks- reflective microscope -
Industrial Revolution
John Snow stops outbreak of Cholera -
Modern World
AZT is used to combat AIDS -
Industrial Revolution
Louis Pasteur pasteurization of milk -
Industrial Revolution
Joseph Lister- practice of medical asepsis -
Industrial Revolution
Robert Knoch- discovery of pathogens -
Industrial Revolution
Marie Curie discovers science of radioactivity -
Industrial Revolution
Bubonic Plague hits San Fransisco -
Modern World
First HMO insurance -
Modern World
Alexander Flaring discovers penicillin -
Modern World
Managed health care; growth in uninsured
