History of Medicine

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  • 500

    Rhazes

    Rhazes
    Discovered the difference between small pox and measles.
  • 500

    Alcmaeon of Croton

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

    Middle Ages

  • 541

    Plague of Justinian

    Plague of Justinian
    The Plague of Justinian affected Egypt, Europe, and West Asia. Killing 40% of the population. 25 to 50 million; 40% of poulation.
  • 1010

    The Book of Healing and the Canon of Medicine

    The Book of Healing and the Canon of Medicine
    Avicenna writes The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine.
    The Canon became a standard textbook for medical education in the emerging medical schools of Europe.
  • 1249

    Roger Bacon

    Roger Bacon
    Roger Bacon invents spectacles.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1301 to

    Renaissance

  • 1489

    Leonardo de Vinci

    Leonardo de Vinci
    Leonardo de Vinci dissects corpses.
  • 1518

    Royal College of Physicians of London

    Royal College of Physicians of London
    College of Physicians founded now known as Royal College of Physicians of London is a British professional body of doctors of general medicine and its subspecialties. It received the royal charter in 1518
  • 1543

    De Fabrica Corporis Humani

    De Fabrica Corporis Humani
    The findings on human anatomy in De Fabrica Corporis Humani was published by Vesalius.

  • Zacharius Jannssen

    Zacharius Jannssen
    Zacharius Jannssen invents the microscope.

  • Blood Cells

    Blood Cells
    Blood cells are first discovered by Anton van Leeuwenhoek.
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Treatise of the Scurvy

    Treatise of the Scurvy
    Treatise of the Scurvy becomes published stating that citrus fruits prevent scurvy.

  • Appendectomy

    Appendectomy
    The first successful appendectomy is performed.

  • Rene Laennec

    Rene Laennec
    Rene Laennec invents the stethoscope.

  • Transfusion of Human Blood

    The first successful transfusion of human blood is performed.

  • Dr. Horace Wells

    Dr. Horace Wells uses nitrous oxide as an anesthetic
  • Period: to

    Modern World

  • Karl Landsteiner

    Karl Landsteiner
    Karl Landsteiner introduces the system to classify blood into A, B, AB, and O groups

  • Earle Dickson

    Earle Dickson
    Creates the first band-aid.

  • Insulin

    Insulin
    Insulin first used to treat diabetes.

  • Diphtheria

    First vaccine developed for diphtheria.

  • Whooping Cough

    First vaccine developed for whopping cough.

  • Genome

    Genome
    First draft of human genome is announced; the finalized version is released three years later.
  • Period: to

    21st Century

  • Isabelle Dinoire

    Isabelle Dinoire
    Isabelle Dinoire of France was the first person to have partial face transplant while the first full face transplant happened in Spain in 2010.

  • Embryonic Stem Cells

    Embryonic Stem Cells
    Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells.

  • Wearable Aritficial Kidney

    Wearable Aritficial Kidney
    The FDA approves the first human clinical trials in the United States for a wearable artificial kidney designed by Blood Purification Technologies Inc. out of Beverly Hills, California.