History of Medicine

  • 500

    Alemaeon of croton distinguisted veins from arteries

  • 500

    Alcmaeon of Croton distinguished veins from arteries

    Alcmaeon of Croton distinguished veins from arteries
  • Period: 500 to Dec 31, 1300

    Middle Ages

  • May 31, 754

    The first Pharmacy was made

    The first Pharmacy was made
  • May 31, 910

    physician identifies smallpox

  • Dec 12, 1249

    Rodger Bacon invents spectacles

  • Jul 7, 1300

    Theodoric borgognois said wounds should be cleaned and sutured to promote healing

  • Period: Jan 1, 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • Dec 31, 1315

    Mondino de luzzi did a public dissection for his students.

  • Mar 7, 1489

    Leonardo da vinci dissects corpses

    Leonardo da vinci dissects corpses
  • Zacharius Jannssen invents microscope

  • Sir Christopher Wren experiments with canine blood transfusions

  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovers blood cells
  • Period: to

    Industrial revolution

  • James Lind states that scurvy can be prevented by eating citrus fruits

  • First successful appendectomy

    First successful appendectomy
  • Rene Lacnnec invents stethoscope

  • Dr. Horace wells uses nitrous oxide as and anesthetic

  • Charles Gabriel Pravas and Alexander wood develop the syringe.

    Charles Gabriel Pravas and Alexander wood develop the syringe.
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Karl Landsteiner introduces A, B, AB, and O

  • Band aid is invented

    Band aid is invented
  • Vaccine for Tuberculosis is developed

  • Vaccine for Yellow fever is developed

  • Vaccine for Chicken pox is developed

    Vaccine for Chicken pox is developed
  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • HPV vaccine approved

  • Bionic eye

  • First human liver was grown

    First human liver was grown
  • 3D printer was used during a skull transplant

  • 3D printed heart from human patient cells

    3D printed heart from human patient cells