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Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1299
Middle Ages
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Aug 31, 754
Pharmacies
Having pharmacies aided in the development of knowledge about drugs and how they could be made and also sometimes made the pain subside -
Aug 31, 900
Rhazes
He discovered difference between measles and smallpox. -
Aug 31, 1200
Islamic Hospitals
Health care for the sick -
Oct 31, 1200
First Syringe
Syringes were used to extract cataract from the eye. -
Aug 31, 1231
Medical Educations in Universities
The rise of universities throughout Europe brought changes to the practices of medicine. The universities would teach physicians. -
Period: Jan 1, 1300 to
Renaissance
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Aug 31, 1352
Eyeglasses
To correct vision -
Aug 31, 1510
Ambroise Pare
Pare proved that certain extreme methods such as treating wounds with boiling water and using leeches to suck out diseases out of blood did not work. He found out the best way to treat the wound was to close it up. -
Aug 31, 1528
Andreas Vesalius
Vesalius was a physician who was the first to study Human Anatomy. This helped doctors learn how the plague effected the body. -
Aug 31, 1543
"De Humani Corporis Fabrica"
It was a book by Andreas Vesalius that was full of pictures of the human body. -
Laudanum
It was the first pain killer made by the Europeans and was only available to the wealthy class. -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
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Francis Bacon
Bacon used the microscope to discover plague fleas. -
Small Pox Vaccination
This was a discovery introduced by Edward Jenner that can prevent smallpox. -
Humphry Davy
Davy discovered anesthesia and its properties. -
X-rays
X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen. They were used to check for broken bones or cancer. -
Invention of Aspirin
This was invented by Felix Hoffman. The invention of aspirin can reduce the risk of a heart attack and can treat pain, headaches, and inflammation. -
Period: to
Modern World
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Steve Thomas
He used sterile maggots for infectious wound treatment. -
Human Genome Project
Scientist announced they had completed a draft sequencing of the human genome. -
Gardasil
A vaccine to prevent cervical cancer approved by the FDA. -
Embryonic Stem Cells
Scientist discover how to use human skin cells to create the embryonic stem cells -
Artificial Kidney
The FDA approved of the first human clinical trails in the United States to wear a artificial kidney. -
Thomas Manning
Manning was the first one to receive a penis transplant from Massachusetts General Hospital. The surgery and recovery went well.
